body armour

Questions about body armour

What does body armour mean?

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

What is another word for body armour?

Close synonyms include body armor, 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 armour a common word?

body armour 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.