ar·ma·ture 
(ärmə-chr′, -chər)
(ärmə-chr′, -chər)n.
1. Electricity
a. The rotating part of a dynamo, consisting essentially of copper wire wound around an iron core.
b. The moving part of an electromagnetic device such as a relay, buzzer, or loudspeaker.
c. A piece of soft iron connecting the poles of a magnet.
2. Biology A protective covering, structure, or organ of an animal or a plant, such as teeth, claws, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.
3. A framework serving as a supporting core for the material used to make a sculpture.
[Middle English, armor, from Old French, from Latin armātūra, equipment, from armātus, past participle of armāre, to arm; see ARM2.]
- get the gate
- get the hook
- get the lead out
- get there
- get the show on the road
- get the worst of it
- get through
- get to
- get together
- get-together
- get-tough
- Getty
- Gettysburg
- get under skin
- get under (someone's) skin
- get under someone's skin
- get up
- getup
- get-up-and-go
- get-well
- get wind of
- get with the program
- Getz
- Getúlio Dornelles
- geum