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unˈarmoured, a.
[un-1 9.]
1. Of vessels: Not armour-clad.
1869E. J. Reed Our Iron-Clad Ships iv. 73 When we pass from unarmoured to armoured ships, the contrast is still more striking. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 61/1 In the unarmoured iron ships recently built for the navy tie-plates have been entirely dispensed with.
2. Of persons: Not protected by armour.
1873Morris Love is Enough 18 Barehanded, unarmoured, he handled the spear-shaft. 1892Tennyson Foresters iv, And walkest [thou] here Unarmour'd? all these walks are Robin Hood's And sometimes perilous. |