Armor-clad
covered with .
Historical Examples
armor-clad casemates are beginning to take the place of masonry.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 Various
Everything has happened that could wreck our married happiness, but we are now armor-clad against infelicity.
Old Valentines Munson Aldrich Havens
Those of the old magnates who did not become knights were known as armigers, or armor-clad foot-soldiers.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa Paul Barron Watson
The last and least esteemed of the seven is the strong, armor-clad Bis-ja-mon, god of glory.
The Ceramic Art Jennie J. Young
The armor-clad Palace Guard was sweeping across the great square, empty now of merrymakers, in a wave.
The Radio Boys’ Search for the Inca’s Treasure Gerald Breckenridge
Back across the square, running pell mell, came the men who had pursued the armor-clad warriors into the Temple.
The Radio Boys’ Search for the Inca’s Treasure Gerald Breckenridge
“Fate is with them,” said this dreaded corsair, referring to the armor-clad Knights, whom he had so often met in battle.
The Story of Malta Maturin M. Ballou
On the tower were gilded escutcheons, and a couple of armor-clad statues in niches.
Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders George Wharton Edwards
The armor-clad force set foot on the stairway and started upward, those in the rear continuing their rear-guard fight.
The Radio Boys’ Search for the Inca’s Treasure Gerald Breckenridge
The jockey seat is the extreme type of the first-named condition, the armor-clad knight an extreme type of the latter.
Riding and Driving Edward L. Anderson
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