body armour

noun

protective covering used to prevent injury to the body

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.

To stew in a sauce for a long time.

To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.

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Words nearby body armour

Bodmin, Bodö, Bodoni, Bodvar Bjarki, body, body armour, body art, body bag, body beautiful, body blow, bodyboard

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Example sentences from the Web for body armour

These might, however, have been the Gambesons that formed of themselves the body-armour of the soldier.
Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe|John Hewitt
The surgeon was brought, and he speedily took off Sir Richard's body-armour, and laid bare the many wounds that he had received.
The Golden Galleon|Robert Leighton
His body-armour is covered by a surcoat of blue, laced down the front; he wears a gorget and skirt of mail.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages|Edward Lewes Cutts
It has been held to mean the kind of cloth called "muster-develers:" a body-armour seems implied.
Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe|John Hewitt

From Giraldus Cambrensis we learn that the Irish in the twelfth century wore no body-armour.
Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe|John Hewitt

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