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

As part of the armament of the submarine we must also consider the additional protection which they receive from having certain essential parts protected by armour plate.

From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

Also the Englishmen tooke manie wagons and sumpters laden with crossebowes, armour, plate, apparell, and the furniture of the French kings chapell.

From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First by Raphael Holinshed