Cyclopædia
Assuming armour is required, the following 9 results were found.
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ARMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARM
to the Church: For secular Arm, they here use exterior Power. Arm, in the military Art, Heraldry, etc. See ARMS and ARMOUR. Arm, in the Sea-Language. A Ship is said to be armed when fitted out and provided in all respects for War. See SURE. Also, a...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARMORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMOR
or Armour, a defensive habit, wherewith to cover and secure the Body from the attacks of an enemy. See ARMS. Such are the Buckler, Cuirass, Helmet, Coat of Mail, Gauntlet, etc. See BUCKLER, CUIRASS, HELMET, etc. A complete Armor anciently consisted of a...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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Coat-ARMOURhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/Coat-ARMOUR
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARMShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMS
bore principally on the Buckler, Cuirasse, Banners, and other Apparatus of War.—They are also called Coats of Arms, Coat Armour, etc. because anciently embroidered on Surcoats, etc. See COAT OF ARMS, etc. Some will have the Name to have been first...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARRAYERShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARRAYERS
Arraiatores,is used in some ancient Statutes, for such Officers as had care of the Soldiers' Armour, and saw them duly accoutred in their kinds. See ARMOUR, ACCOUTREMENTS, etc. Such were the Commissioners of Array, appointed by King Charles I. in the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARMIGERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMIGER
eq. d. Armour Bearer; a Title of Dignity, rendered in English, by Esquire. See ESQUIRE. ARMIGER
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARMATUREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMATURE
See ARMOUR. ARMATURE
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARGYRASPIDEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ARGYRASPIDES
having penetrated into India, and extended his Empire as far as the Ocean; for a Monument of his Glory, ordered the Armour of his Soldiers, and the Housings of his Horses, to be adorned with Silver: and hence commanded them to be called Argyraspides;...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology
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ASSUMPTIVE Armshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/ASSUMPTIVE%20Arms
has a right to assume of himself, in virtue of some Action. See ARMS. As, if a Man who is no Gentleman of Blood, nor Coat Armour, takes a Gentleman, Lord, or Prince, Prisoner in any lawful War; he becomes entitled to bear the Shield of such Prisoner,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Heraldry