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A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.

Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt.

A kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the Swiss. Fairholt.

of dance. See Allemande. Almain rivets, Almayne rivets, or Alman rivets, a sort of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great flexibility.

To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor. Beau. & Fl.

e animal if the family Dasypidæ, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several…

An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [R.]

Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.

said of beasts and birds of prey. Armed at all points (Blazoning), completely incased in armor, sometimes described as armed cap-à-pie. Cussans. -- Armed en flute. (Naut.) See under Flute. -- Armed magnet, a magnet provided with an armature. -- Armed neutrality. See under Neutrality.

Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire. Jacob.

Armor for the arm.

The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son.

Armor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

rays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.

A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.

Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.) Sir W. Raleigh.

A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]

Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.

A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor.