society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > dress in armour [verb (intransitive)] > remove armour (3)
transitive. To relieve (a person) of armour; to assist in putting off armour.
intransitive. Of a person: to give up a weapon or weapons; to take off one's armour (now archaic or historical).
transitive. To divest (of clothing, armour, etc.); to disarray, strip. Also reflexive and with of.