scaled

American  

[skeyld] / skeɪld /

adjective

Armor.

1. noting armor having imbricated metal plates sewn to a flexible backing.

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Other Word Forms

• underscaled adjective
• unscaled adjective

Etymology

Origin of scaled

First recorded in 1350–1400, scaled is from the Middle English word scalid. See scale ¹, -ed ³

Example Sentences

The case comes at a difficult time for Pride organisations which say they are experiencing a drop in financial support and volunteers meaning several events were cancelled or scaled down in 2025.

From BBC

This puts the technology on a path to being scaled towards accurately doing a trillion operations, perhaps within seven or eight years, rather than the two decades previously assumed.

From BBC

"The appearance of a snow roller resembles a scaled down version of large rolled hay bales made of snow."

From BBC

Some have since scaled back those measures but made more fundamental changes.

From The Wall Street Journal

And after increasing their episode numbers over the decades, the soaps are now being scaled back for the first time.

From BBC