plate armor

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A very fine drawing on blue paper, lent from the Met, shows the care he lavished on the plate armor: soft ripples of the chain mail, a shimmer of light on the greaves.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022

ShotStop Ballistics, which has been around for 30 years, has developed backpack plate armor inserts.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2022

I had an army of metal soldiers, with itsy-bitsy helmets and plate armor.

From Slate • May 21, 2021

Ironside put on plate armor and used the show’s forged version of Oathkeeper to destroy a shield and cut through a gel replica of a human torso, and what’s not to love about that?

From Salon • Jul. 20, 2019

Renly had chosen a woman to carry his banner as well, though Brienne hid face and form behind plate armor that gave no hint of her sex.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin