Thesaurus: cataphract
Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.
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Definitions
- n. Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.
- n. A horseman covered with a cataphract.
- n. The armor or plate covering some fishes.
- n. armor that protects the wearer's whole body
- 1. (Mil. Antiq.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations. 2. A horseman covered with a cataphract. Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears. Milton. 3. (Zoöl.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.
- Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for thehorse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some easternnations.
- n armor that protects the wearer's whole body