armour plate
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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How to use armour plate in a sentence
The suit contains enough metal to armour plate a small battle ship.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounSince his day wooden walls have been replaced by armour plate, and red-hot shot by high-explosive shells.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10) | James Edward ParrottEvery German fired from behind a shield of armour plate, and at every fifteen yards along the trenches there was a machine gun.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10) | James Edward ParrottSome time ago I saw several pieces of armour-plate which had been used in one of these tests.
The Romance of War Inventions | Thomas W. CorbinIts thick hide studded with bosses was like armour-plate, and over its back impenetrable to bullets.
Life in an Indian Outpost | Gordon Casserly
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