armor-plate

armor plate

noun
a plate or plating of specially hardened steel used to cover warships, tanks, aircraft, fortifications, etc., to protect them from enemy fire.
Also, armor plating.


Origin:
1860–65

ar·mor·plat·ed, adjective
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armor plate

noun
specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire 
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Armor-plate is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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