armplate

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noun

Plate armour worn on one's arms.

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Meanings

nounarmplate (plural armplates)

plural armplates

  1. Plate armour worn on one's arms.

    The gunners no longer wore armplates while the lancers wore only breastplate and shoulder pieces.

    2011 11, Ruth Turner Wilcox, Five Centuries of American Costume, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 29
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    […] which included the gorget, breastplate (and sometimes a backplate) and armplates. When available and permitted by the regiment, leg armor, mail, and various helmets would be worn. Knights still wore full harness,[…]

    2014 January 10, Nick Jamilla, Sword Fighting in the Star Wars Universe: Historical Origins, Style and Philosophy, McFarland, →ISBN, page 153

Origin

From arm + plate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

armplate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armplate

MLA

“armplate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armplate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “armplate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armplate.

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