Cataphract

n.	1.
	1.	(Mil. Antiq.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.
	2.	A horseman covered with a cataphract. Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears. - Milton.
	3.	(Zool.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.

Noun

1.

cataphract - armor that protects the wearer's whole body Synonyms: body armor, body armour, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour

aegis, armet, armor, armour, basinet, body armor, body armour, brassard, breastplate, bulletproof vest, cannon, casque, chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, coat of mail, corselet, corslet, cubitiere, cuirass, cuisse, egis, epauliere, fauld, gantlet, gauntlet, gorget, greave, greaves, gusset, helmet, jambeau, knee piece, lower cannon, mail, metal glove, nosepiece, palette, pallette, rerebrace, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail, roundel, sabaton, skirt of tasses, solleret, suit of armor, suit of armour, tasse, tasset, tuille, upper cannon, vambrace, voider

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