Armor: alternatives and connections

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Armor

Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.

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Buckler 76% connected

A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.

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Cataphract 76% connected

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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Shield 76% connected

A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.

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Equip 76% connected

To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide wi…

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