suit of armour

Questions about suit of armour

What does suit of armour mean?

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

What is another word for suit of armour?

Close synonyms include body armor, body armour, suit of armor, 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 suit of armour a common word?

suit of 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.