defensive covering worn in combat". The word originates from the Old French armure, itself derived from the Latin armatura meaning "arms and/or equipment"...
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Tabuce, R.; A. Charrière (2023). Nouvelle découverte d'un thyréophore à armure dermique remarquable dans le Jurassique moyen de l'Afrique du Nord (Maroc)...
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in The Knight's Tale he describes: "Gold-hewen helmes, hauberkes, cote-armures". In this classic Arthurian text, Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory...
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evidence that he was described in French as clad at the battle of Crécy ' en armure noire en fer bruni ' – in black armour of burnished steel". Richard Barber...
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