[f. prec. sb.] To put armor on; to furnish with a defensive or protective covering.
c. 1450. Lonelich, Grail, xiii. 242. Eualach comanded anon His men to armure thame euerichon.
1864. Daily Tel., 22 June, 3/6. The Kearsage had been armoured during the night with her chain-cables.
1870. Eng. Mech., 11 March, 625/3. Cables for submarine use may be afterwards armoured … with wires.
1883. Spurgeon, Purit. Gard., 175. Our glorious Leader would never have armed and armoured all his followers.
