plate armour
Noun
Meaning
specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
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By about 1400 the full harness of plate armour had been developed in armouries of Lombardy.
An arming doublet (also called aketon) worn under armour, particularly plate armour of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe, contains arming points for attaching plates.
For instance, plate armour first appeared in Medieval Europe when water-powered trip hammers made the formation of plates faster and cheaper.
By the mid-fourteenth century it was replaced with the "jupon" (or "gipon"), a much shorter item, often padded for supplementary protection. citation In the 15th century, once suits of plate armour became common, the surcoat was phased out of use.
From their introduction, muskets could pierce plate armour, so cavalry had to be far more mindful of the fire.
By the 14th century, plate armour was commonly used to supplement mail.