ppl. a. [f. ARMOUR v.]
1. Clad in armor; also transf.
1601. Chester, Love’s Mart., lxxvii. The Brytaines went not proudly armoured.
1872. Tennyson, Last Tourn., 170. One knight … armour’d all in forest-green.
1876. Daily News, 30 Sept., 3/2. Lusty fish, armoured in red and gold.
2. esp. of war-vessels; cf. ARMOUR-CLAD.
1862. Guardian, 16 April, 366/2. Fighting armoured gunboats ‘down’ stream.
1869. Sir E. Reed, Iron-Clad Ships, Introd. 12. Our armoured frigates.
