Definition of Ring armor

1. Noun. (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ring Armor

ring-necked snake
ring-pull
ring-pulls
ring-shaped
ring-stalked fungus
ring-tailed
ring-tailed cat
ring-tailed lemur
ring-tailed macauco
ring-tailed macaucos
ring-theoretic
ring-theoretical
ring-wall lesion
ring a bell
ring abscess
ring armor (current term)
ring armour
ring around
ring back
ring binder
ring binders
ring blackbird
ring cadence
ring chromosome
ring chromosomes
ring compound
ring containment
ring dance
ring disease
ring dove

Literary usage of Ring armor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chinese Clay Figures by Berthold Laufer (1914)
"But the author, as plainly stated in the heading, means to represent a ring armor made of steel wire; and the description added by him leaves no doubt of ..."

2. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... A godlike youth in glitt'ring armor shine, With great Marcellus keeping equal pace; What and of whence was he, who press'd the hero's side: He saw, and, ..."

3. Classic Tales by Famous Authors by Frederick Brigham De Berard (1905)
"Hector was dragging now Patroclus' corpse, Stripp'd of its glitt'ring armor, and intent The head to sever with his sword, and give The mangled carcase to ..."

4. The Works of Virgil by Virgil, Publius Vergillius Maro, John Dryden (1881)
"j£neas here beheld, of form divine, A godlike youth, in glitt'ring armor shine, With great Marcellus keeping equal pace : But gloomy were his eyes, ..."

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