Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as scale-armor.

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Examples

  • Logan got his chirurgeon—and a new plate-mail breastplate, an upgrade from his leather.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Logan got his chirurgeon—and a new plate-mail breastplate, an upgrade from his leather.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Logan got his chirurgeon—and a new plate-mail breastplate, an upgrade from his leather.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Logan got his chirurgeon—and a new plate-mail breastplate, an upgrade from his leather.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Step-by-step HOWTO for constructing a stylish shoulder-bag out of floppies -- this is pretty much the perfect HOWTO project: it begins with dumpster-diving, and was inspired by a desire to make a suit of plate-mail armor out of obsolete magnetic storage media.

    Boing Boing: September 24, 2006 - September 30, 2006 Archives 2006

  • And while the fallen king stared with burning eyes that reflected the bitter rage and humiliation that ate his heart, the squires stripped Valannus of mail shirt, burganet and leg-pieces, and clad him in Conan's armor of black plate-mail, with the vizored salade, and the dark plumes nodding over the wivern crest.

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • And while the fallen king stared with burning eyes that reflected the bitter rage and humiliation that ate his heart, the squires stripped Valannus of mail shirt, burganet and leg-pieces, and clad him in Conan's armor of black plate-mail, with the vizored salade, and the dark plumes nodding over the wivern crest.

    The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • And while the fallen king stared with burning eyes that reflected the bitter rage and humiliation that ate his heart, the squires stripped Valannus of mail shirt, burganet and leg-pieces, and clad him in Conan's armor of black plate-mail, with the vizored salade, and the dark plumes nodding over the wivern crest.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • Her sharp ears led her into a seldom-used hallway near the Royal Library, one lined with alcoves which could contain statues or suits of plate-mail or other large works of art, but which were mostly vacant and screened off by velvet curtains.

    Arrow's Fall Lackey, Mercedes 1988

  • Her sharp ears led her into a seldom-used hallway near the Royal Library, one lined with alcoves which could contain statues or suits of plate-mail or other large works of art, but which were mostly vacant and screened off by velvet curtains.

    Arrow's Fall Lackey, Mercedes 1988

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