cataphracts (0 synonym found)

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Definition of cataphracts:

(n) : (military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
(n) : (military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).
(n) : A galley with the upper tier of rowers shielded.
(adj) : (nautical, historical) Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed.
(n) : (ichthyology, by extension, obsolete) An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.
Definition of cataphracts:

(n) : (military, historical) Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
(n) : (military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).
(n) : A galley with the upper tier of rowers shielded.
(adj) : (nautical, historical) Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed.
(n) : (ichthyology, by extension, obsolete) An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.
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