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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" :   upper cannon, sabaton, tasse, bulletproof vest, pallette, lower cannon, jambeau, casque, greave, palette, chain mail, body armor, brassard, cubitiere, tuille, ring mail, armor, body armour, cannon, knee piece, roundel, armet, cuisse, nosepiece, skirt of tasses, breastplate, solleret, epauliere, mail, cuirass, metal glove, helmet, coat of mail, chain armour, egis, fauld, tasset, aegis, chain armor, rerebrace, suit of armour, gorget, basinet, corslet, gauntlet


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