plate armour Links Share URL Lookup “plate armour” at: Wikipedia Wiktionary Wordnik Dictionary.com Google noun specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire Synonyms armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor Less specific plate, scale, shell More specific backplate, beaver, brassard, breastplate, aegis, egis, cannon, chanfron, chamfron, testiere, frontstall, front-stall, cubitiere, cuisse, epauliere (more) , fauld, gorget, greave, jambeau, helmet, knee piece, nosepiece, pallette, palette, roundel, skirt of tasses, solleret, sabaton, tasset, tasse, tuille, visor, vizor