cataphractn.

/ˈkatəfrakt/

Etymology: In sense 1, < Latin cataphractes, < Greek καταϕράκτης coat of mail; in 2, < Latin cataphractus, Greek κατάϕρακτος clad in full armour; < καταϕράσσειν to clothe in mail.

†1.

a. An ancient coat of mail. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > coat of mail or corselet

ring netOE

burnec1050

briniec1175

hauberk1297

coatc1300

bryn1330

habergeon1377

jackc1380

doublet of defence (or fence)1418

petticoatc1425

gesteron1469

byrnie1488

coat of fence1490

corset1490

corse1507

sark of mail1515

plate-coat1521

shirt of mail1522

mail-coat1535

corslet1563

costlet1578

pewter coat1584

cataphract1591

pyne doublet1600

sponge1600

coat-armour1603

brace1609

coat of arms1613

frock of mail1671

mail-shirt1816

mail-sark1838

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 44 Cataphracts, a kind of harnish..composed of iron plates or stiffe bend-lether.

1855 F. B. Palliser tr. J. Labarte Handbk. Arts Middle Ages & Renaissance iv. 117 The ancient cataphract, the military habit of the patricians.

figurative.1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 194 Vertue is a Cataphract: for in vain we arme one Limb, while the other is without a defence.

Categories »

b. Zoology. ‘The armor of plate covering some fishes.’ Webster cites Dana.

2. A soldier in full armour.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > man wearing armour > [noun]

helma1400

knight caligate1562

iron man1596

corslet1598

corsleteer1609

corslet-man1611

cuirassier1625

kurisee1649

cataphract1671

hoplomachist1793

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1619 Before him and behind Archers, and Slingers, Cataphracts and Spears.

1814 H. Busk Fugitive Pieces 173 Around, in panoply complete, Grim cataphracts await.

3. Apparently an error for cataract n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun] > cataract

cataphracta1586

catadupe1596

cataract1597

Niagara1828

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. L3 Borne so neere the dull making Cataphract of Nilus, that you cannot heare the Plannet-like Musick of Poetrie.

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. To Rdr. 7 As he were borne neere the dull making cataphract of Nilus.

Derivatives

ˈcataphracted adj. Zoology covered with a scaly or horny armour.

ΚΠ

1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Cataphracted, covered with a horny skin, as with a scaly cuirass.

cataˈphractic adj. ‘pertaining to or resembling a cataphract’ (Webster); covered with or as with armour.

ΚΠ

1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. v. 67 Not even the flower..would hold constant, as they, to the constantly unseen—a trebly cataphractic Invisible.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cataphract
释义	cataphractn. /ˈkatəfrakt/ Etymology: In sense 1, < Latin cataphractes, < Greek καταϕράκτης coat of mail; in 2, < Latin cataphractus, Greek κατάϕρακτος clad in full armour; < καταϕράσσειν to clothe in mail. †1. a. An ancient coat of mail. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > coat of mail or corselet ring netOE burnec1050 briniec1175 hauberk1297 coatc1300 bryn1330 habergeon1377 jackc1380 doublet of defence (or fence)1418 petticoatc1425 gesteron1469 byrnie1488 coat of fence1490 corset1490 corse1507 sark of mail1515 plate-coat1521 shirt of mail1522 mail-coat1535 corslet1563 costlet1578 pewter coat1584 cataphract1591 pyne doublet1600 sponge1600 coat-armour1603 brace1609 coat of arms1613 frock of mail1671 mail-shirt1816 mail-sark1838 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 44 Cataphracts, a kind of harnish..composed of iron plates or stiffe bend-lether. 1855 F. B. Palliser tr. J. Labarte Handbk. Arts Middle Ages & Renaissance iv. 117 The ancient cataphract, the military habit of the patricians. figurative.1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 194 Vertue is a Cataphract: for in vain we arme one Limb, while the other is without a defence. Categories » b. Zoology. ‘The armor of plate covering some fishes.’ Webster cites Dana. 2. A soldier in full armour. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > man wearing armour > [noun] helma1400 knight caligate1562 iron man1596 corslet1598 corsleteer1609 corslet-man1611 cuirassier1625 kurisee1649 cataphract1671 hoplomachist1793 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1619 Before him and behind Archers, and Slingers, Cataphracts and Spears. View more context for this quotation 1814 H. Busk Fugitive Pieces 173 Around, in panoply complete, Grim cataphracts await. 3. Apparently an error for cataract n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun] > cataract cataphracta1586 catadupe1596 cataract1597 Niagara1828 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. L3 Borne so neere the dull making Cataphract of Nilus, that you cannot heare the Plannet-like Musick of Poetrie. 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. To Rdr. 7 As he were borne neere the dull making cataphract of Nilus. Derivatives ˈcataphracted adj. Zoology covered with a scaly or horny armour. ΚΠ 1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Cataphracted, covered with a horny skin, as with a scaly cuirass. cataˈphractic adj. ‘pertaining to or resembling a cataphract’ (Webster); covered with or as with armour. ΚΠ 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. v. 67 Not even the flower..would hold constant, as they, to the constantly unseen—a trebly cataphractic Invisible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1586
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