Words: full plate armor full plate armour
Part of speech: n
Definition: a historical type of personal armor made from iron or steel plates entirely encasing the wearer.
Example: Full plate armour was expensive to produce and remained therefore restricted to the upper strata of society; lavishly decorated suits of armour remained the fashion with 18th-century nobles and generals long after they had ceased to be militarily useful on the battlefield due to the advent of inexpensive muskets.