armplate
English
Etymology
From arm + plate
Noun
armplate (plural armplates)
- Plate armour worn on one's arms.
- 2011 11, Ruth Turner Wilcox, Five Centuries of American Costume, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 29:
- The gunners no longer wore armplates while the lancers wore only breastplate and shoulder pieces.
- 2014 January 10, Nick Jamilla, Sword Fighting in the Star Wars Universe: Historical Origins, Style and Philosophy, McFarland, →ISBN, page 153:
- […] 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, […]