galeatedadj.
/ˈɡalɪeɪtɪd/ 1. Shaped like a helmet.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > helmet-shaped
galeated1687
galeate1706
cassideous1835
1687 Philos. Trans. 1686–7 (Royal Soc.) 16 286 The Flowers are Mono~petalous, labiated for the most part or galeated.
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 155 The flowers are of the galeated, monopetalous kind.
1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 222 Patches and beauty-spots in the most eccentric shapes—buttons, crescents, and galeated lines.
2. Zoology. Covered as with a helmet; furnished with a galea.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hard protective covering
maileda1450
crustaceous1659
crustate1661
galeated1728
galeate1826
armour-clad1843
cuirassed1849
armour-plated1862
exostosed1887
1728 J. Woodward Let. in Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils i. 10 An Echinites, and form'd in the shell of the galeated Echinus Spatagus.
1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 146 I have seen some Specimens of the common pileated and galeated Echinites.
3.
a. Furnished with a helmet; wearing a helmet.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [adjective]
helmedc1275
saletted1455
helmeted1552
galeated1761
casqued1816
brass-helmeted1897
1761 J. Swinton in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 855 The drapery like~wise of the galeated figure..is something different.
1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 9 The galeated head of Minerva.
b. galeated preface n. figurative a rendering of Latin prologus galeatus, the name given to Jerome's preface to his Latin version of Samuel and Kings.
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1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. Pref. 9 A galeated preface would be too latinized a term for a work not professedly divine.
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