tegulated

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adjective

Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; said of a kind of ancient armor.

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Meanings

adjectivetegulated (comparative more tegulated, superlative most tegulated)

comparative more tegulated · superlative most tegulated

  1. Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; said of a kind of ancient armor.

    Hefner gives an illustration of tegulated armour (Fig. 90) from a painting on vellum dating from c. 1090, when this system appears to have been introduced.

    1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65

Origin

From tegula + -ate + -ed.

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