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coat armour

coat armour noun: the escutcheon of a person or family, with its charges, mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc.

Noun

coat armour (countable and uncountable, plural coat armours)

  1. (archaic) The escutcheon of a person or family, with its charges, mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc.
  2. (historical) A silk vest embroidered in colours, worn by a knight over the armour.

coat armour meaning in Tamil

coat armour in Tamil

வீரச்சின்ன உடை

Forms of coat armour

pluralcoat armours

Origin of coat armour

From Middle English cote armure; equivalent to coat + armour.

Questions about coat armour

What does coat armour mean?
Coat armour means the escutcheon of a person or family, with its charges, mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc.
What is coat armour in Tamil?
Coat armour in Tamil is வீரச்சின்ன உடை. See Coat armour meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coat armour?
Coat armour is a noun.
What is the plural of coat armour?
The plural of coat armour is coat armours.

Words near coat armour in the dictionary

  1. coastwatching
  2. coastways
  3. coastwide
  4. coastwise
  5. coat
  6. coat armour
  7. coat armours
  8. coat card
  9. coat cards
  10. coat check
  11. coat checks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coat armour (page history and authors); coat armour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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