Of armour. Cf. scale-armour n.; scaly, adj. 5.

Of armour. Cf. scale-armour n. at scale, n.2 compounds 2 and scaled, adj.1 Chiefly poetic.

Armour. Covered with mascles (mascle, n.1 3) or lozenge-shaped plates of metal. Now historical.

(of armour) composed of overlapping plates.

Consisting of, arranged in, or furnished with laminæ; formed or manufactured in a succession of layers of material, as some metallic objects, etc. lam…