CATAPHRACT

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.

2.
n.

A horseman covered with a cataphract. Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears. Milton.

3.
n.

The armor or plate covering some fishes.