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PRONUNCIATION OF PLATE ARMOUR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLATE ARMOUR

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Plate armour is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PLATE ARMOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Plate armour

Plate armour is a historical type of personal armour made from iron or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer. While there are early predecessors such as the Roman-era lorica segmentata, full plate armour developed in Europe during the Late Middle Ages, especially in the context of the Hundred Years' War, from the coat of plates worn over mail suits during the 13th century. In Europe plate armour reached its peak in the late 15th and 16th centuries, and the full suit of armour, commonly perceived as "medieval", was actually only a feature of the very end of the Middle Ages and of the Renaissance period. Full suits of Gothic plate armour were worn on the battlefields of the Burgundian and Italian Wars. The most heavily armoured troops of the period were heavy cavalry such as the gendarmes and early cuirassiers, but the infantry troops of the Swiss mercenaries and the landsknechts also took to wearing lighter suits of "three quarters" plate armour, leaving the lower legs unprotected.

Definition of plate armour in the English dictionary

The definition of plate armour in the dictionary is armour made of thin metal plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLATE ARMOUR

plate
plate glass
plate rack
plate rail
plate tectonics
plate up
plate warmer
plate-glass window
plateasm
plateau
plateaux
plated
plateful
platelayer
platelet
platelike
platemaker
platemaking
plateman
platemark

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLATE ARMOUR

affaire d´amour
affaires d´amour
amour
armour
black humour
body armour
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character armour
chink in one´s armour
clamour
coat armour
enamour
glamour
humour
out of humour
paramour
rumour
sense of humour
Seymour
tumour

Synonyms and antonyms of plate armour in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «plate armour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLATE ARMOUR

Find out the translation of plate armour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plate armour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plate armour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

板甲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

armadura de placas
570 millions of speakers

English

plate armour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

थाली कवच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لوحة للدروع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

латы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

placa de armadura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্লেট বর্ম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

armure de plaque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perisai pinggan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Plattenrüstung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

板金よろい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

판금 갑옷
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plate armor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tấm áo giáp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தட்டு கவசம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्लेट चिलखत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Plaka zırhı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corazza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zbroja Płytowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

armura placă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλάκα πανοπλία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pantser
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plåt rustning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plate rustning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plate armour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLATE ARMOUR»

The term «plate armour» is normally little used and occupies the 110.335 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLATE ARMOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «plate armour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «plate armour» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plate armour

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLATE ARMOUR»

Discover the use of plate armour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plate armour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Condottiere 1300-1500: Infamous Medieval Mercenaries
The 14th century saw the increasing use of plate armour and this was used in combination with mail armour. Helmets developed to a great degree and various types of visored bascinets were employed. By the late 15th century Italian armour  ...
David Murphy, 2007
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ...
The perfection of plate armour is supposed to have been attained in the reign of Richard III. A fine and singular suit of armour, which undoubtedly belonged to King Henry VII., is still preserved in the Tower of London, and is considered the ...
‎1833
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
By the mid- 15th century plate armour was used in one form or another by the great majority of troops on the batdefield. It was, in its finest form, an extremely expensive commodity, the manufacture of which was at the forefront of technological ...
Gordon Campbell, 2006
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Military antiquities respecting a history of the English ...
THE hawberk and haubergeon long continued almost the sole de-fensive armour of this country; the first material change thatchap; pened respefiting it was the introduction of plate-armour, that is, armour composed of plates of iron rivetted ...
Francis Grose, 1801
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Omnifray RPG Expert Manual
If the roll would be insufficient to bypass the better armour on its own (e.g. the plate helmet), you can use the armour protection values for the better armour ( e.g. plate armour in this case). If the roll would be sufficient to bypass the better armour ...
Matt West, 2009
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Runequest: Core Rulebook
Leather Trews: A pair of pants crafted of thick leather, protecting the wearer's legs . Plate Armour: Made of interlocking metal plates, this armour is the ultimate in personal protection but comes with a heavy price tag. Plate armour of all types has ...
Matthew Sprange, 2006
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Roman Body Armour
Although itis possible thattheterm laminae mayhave beenusedin antiquity to referto iron plate armour, itisnot clearwhether these contexts may refertothe smaller plates of scalearmour. Inthe absence ofdefinite alternatives therefore, Bishop ...
Hilary & John Travis, 2012
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The Watanabe Art Musuem Samurai Armour CollectionVolume I ~ ...
As many experts had predicted, these tests conclusively proved that at least in some cases, steel was used in the fabrication of plate armour, though there were no examples of component parts having been made entirely from steel. Instead ...
Trevor Absolon, 2011
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Omnifray RPG Basic Handbook
... depending on the difference between his Strength and Size scores:Size minus Strength Limitations 1 –1 Alacrity penalty in full plate armour –1 Melee Prowess if using a shield and basic weapon or if using a double-handed weapon (but not ...
Matt West, 2009
10
Indian and Oriental Arms and Armour
Plate Armour ; four pieces with raised steel pattern, the front and back pieces have been jewelled. (Ham. Coll.) 7. Plate Armour ; four pieces, damascened steel , borders richly inlaid with gold. (Ham. Coll.) 8. Gauntlets ; plain steel. (Ham. CoU. ) ...
Earl Wilbraham Egerton Egerton, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLATE ARMOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plate armour is used in the context of the following news items.
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Beer, bourbon, burnouts: Bogan's Heroes
You wear chain mail or full plate armour, and go at it hammer and tongs. When they take off their battle kit, most of these people love heavy ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
The Demigryphs Upgrade The Cool Factor In The "Total War …
Clad in ornate plate armour, their densely muscled frames enable them to thunder into combat, tearing their foes limb from limb and spreading ... «iSchoolGuide, Jul 15»
3
New Total War: Warhammer Trailer Reveals the Demigryph
Clad in ornate plate armour, their densely muscled frames enable them to thunder into combat, tearing their foes limb from limb and spreading ... «IGN, Jul 15»
4
Alternate Shredder & Foot Clan Designs For Teenage Mutant Ninja …
... Clan could've ended up looking like in the film. You'll notice that many of the designs incorporated Gothic plate armour from the 15th century. «Comicbook.com, Jul 15»
5
The lost art of fighting like a Medieval man
... of your clothes – your woollen stockings and your mail guarded codpiece – and various pieces of plate armour with greased crossbow twine. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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'Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide' (ALL) Reveals Bright Wizard …
When expecting to face heavily armoured foes, the Bright Wizard can select the Wizard Mace, which is perfect for bashing plate armour. «WorthPlaying.com, Jul 15»
7
Russia claims its monstrous new super-tank can resist just about all …
This detonation disrupts the enemy projectile by both shifting the plate armour, lowering the incoming projectile's velocity, and by changing the ... «Business Insider Australia, Jun 15»
8
Cryptic crossword No 26601
... plate armour warped in turmoil (6); 25 Start attack (3,5); 26 He is in Calais, tracking English sailors (6); 27 Tense troops finally exercised (8) ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
9
Short Story Sunday: 'Battleframe' By Michael Gilmour (Episode 3 …
Some, such as the Anvil, were heavily armoured and fitted like a suit of medieval plate armour. Others, such as the Eagle Claw and Raven, ... «Science Fiction, Jun 15»
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Mumbai's Victorias no more: Owners and drivers in denial
Thakkar's Victorias were sheathed in silver-coloured tin plate armour, embossed with peacocks and lotuses, plastic flowers stuck into joints and ... «The Indian Express, Jun 15»

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