body armor

Questions about body armor

What does body armor mean?

body armor means "armor that protects the wearer's whole body".

What is another word for body armor?

Close synonyms include body armour, suit of armor, suit of armour, coat of mail, cataphract. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is body armor a common word?

body armor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.