armour plate

British  

noun

1. a tough heavy steel, usually containing chromium, nickel, and molybdenum and often hardened on the surface, used for protecting warships, tanks, etc

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armour plate

Both Héctor and Julio were wearing body armour, 14kg of Kevlar and armour plate.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

“I was lucky to be safe and capture the visual of one of the rockets hitting the armour plate overhead,” he tweeted Tuesday.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021

Big black paisleys pieced together like a children's jumbo jigsaw into a faux armour plate?

From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2014

Also about this court or hall there was much armour, plate, mail, both gambeson and chain, and many headpieces, gantlets, shields, etc.

From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John

The prevailing type of aeroplane is highly susceptible to derangement: it is like a ship without armour plate protection.

From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose