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cataphract"coat of mail," Middle English, from Latin cataphractes "breastplate of iron scales," from Greek kataphraktes "coat of mail," from kataphraktos "covered up," fr [..]
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cataphract(n) armor that protects the wearer's whole body
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cataphract
Defensive armor used for the entire body and often for the horse, also, especially the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.
A horseman covered with a cataphract.
The armor or plat [..]
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