| English noun: plate armour | 
| 1. | plate armour (artifact) specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire | 
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 | Synonyms | armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armor | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | plate, scale, shell | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | aegis, backplate, beaver, brassard, breastplate, cannon, chamfron, chanfron, cubitiere, cuisse, egis, epauliere, fauld, front-stall, frontstall, gorget, greave, helmet, jambeau, knee piece, nosepiece, palette, pallette, roundel, sabaton, skirt of tasses, solleret, tasse, tasset, testiere, tuille, visor, vizor | 
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