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Armor-plated   Listen
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Armor-plated  adj.  Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad. "This day will be launched... the first armor-plated steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... Confederate batteries at Sewell's Point, and never re-appeared in service. The relief to the North by this victory was incalculable. Not only had the Merrimac been stopped in her expected bombardment of Northern cities, but the success of the Monitor assured to the government a class of armor-plated vessels that could be of great value in the coast service to which our naval operations were principally confined. Against land batteries they would prove especially formidable. Ericsson who constructed the Monitor and Lieutenant Worden who commanded ...
— Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) • James Gillespie Blaine



Words linked to "Armor-plated" :   armor-clad, steel-plated, armour-clad



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