a metallic sheathing or protective covering, especially metal plates, used on warships, armored vehicles, airplanes, and fortifications.
mechanized units of military forces, as armored divisions.
Also called armament. any protective covering, as on certain animals, insects, or plants.
any quality, characteristic, situation, or thing that serves as protection: A chilling courtesy was his only armor.
the outer, protective wrapping of metal, usually fine, braided steel wires, on a cable.
verb (used with object)
to cover or equip with armor or armor plate.
Also especially British, ar·mour .
Origin of armor
1250–1300; Middle English armo(u)r, armure<Anglo-French armour(e), armureOld French armëure<Latin armātūraarmature; assimilated, in Middle English and Anglo-French, to nouns ending in -our-or2
Everyone felt strongly that this was a character who didn’t possess a lot and who used clothes as camouflage and a form of armor.
‘Ratched’ brings back iconic cinematic villain|Brian T. Carney|September 16, 2020|Washington Blade
The animal’s bones, skin, armor and horn tissue were all preserved in stone.
Fossil stomach reveals a dinosaur’s last meal|Carolyn Wilke|July 7, 2020|Science News For Students
Similarly, a type of mail armor known as the jazerant was adopted by many a Crusader and its origin lies in the khazaghand – an earlier Islamic armor.
History of the Crusades: Origins, Politics, and Crusaders|Dattatreya Mandal|March 23, 2020|Realm of History
Because for me as a girl I always have to work really hard to prove myself, because—I feel that subconsciously, people expect men to be smarter or just to be more successful and because of that, I think women need to have an extra layer of armor.
Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem? (Ep. 394)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 24, 2019|Freakonomics
And he would especially like American FGM-148 Javelins, man-portable anti-tank missiles to hit at Russian armor.
Should the U.S. Arm Ukraine’s Militias?|Jamie Dettmer|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This would seem reasonable, since in that direction lay the only territory open enough for swift attack by armor.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Russian ground forces, including infantry and armor units, are being permanently stationed in key areas.
Russia Preps Its North Pole Invasion|Dave Majumdar|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a kid, you'd admired pictures of knights in burnished suits of armor.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A similar pattern occurred when metal swords, armor, cavalry charges and dense infantry ranks developed.
War! What Is It Good For? A Lot|Nick Romeo|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hervey, cowering in the chair, thus met with an antagonist against whom he had no armor.
The Green Mummy|Fergus Hume
Only one shot was fired, but it failed to penetrate the armor.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights|Kelly Miller
Come now, let us change our shields, and put upon us the armor of these Greeks.
Stories of the Old world|Alfred John Church
One might have taken this diving apparatus for a suit of armor, both supple and resisting.
The Literary World Seventh Reader|Various
Fast asleep is Armor lying—do not touch him, do not wake him; but Armor had to be awakened.
Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration|Ernest Giles