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Cataphract   Listen
noun
Cataphract  n.  
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."
3.
(Zool.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.





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Words linked to "Cataphract" :   chain mail, ring armor, knee piece, palette, suit of armour, upper cannon, sabaton, pallette, rerebrace, aegis, skirt of tasses, cannon, suit of armor, lower cannon, tuille, gusset, armor, helmet, epauliere, tasset, gantlet, fauld, body armour, armet, gorget, basinet, metal glove, bulletproof vest, ring mail, chain armour, greave, jambeau, vambrace, ring armour, chain armor, cuisse, cuirass, coat of mail, nosepiece, gauntlet


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