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half-suit

half-suit noun: a kind of armour worn in the 17th century, less cumbersome than full-body armour, and sometimes worn for portraiture etc. rather than combat.

Noun

half-suit (plural half-suits)

  1. (historical) A kind of armour worn in the 17th century, less cumbersome than full-body armour, and sometimes worn for portraiture etc. rather than combat.

Forms of half-suit

pluralhalf-suits

Questions about half-suit

What does half-suit mean?
Half-suit means a kind of armour worn in the 17th century, less cumbersome than full-body armour, and sometimes worn for portraiture etc. rather than combat.
What part of speech is half-suit?
Half-suit is a noun.
What is the plural of half-suit?
The plural of half-suit is half-suits.

Words near half-suit in the dictionary

  1. half-staffs
  2. half-standard
  3. half-step
  4. half-steps
  5. half-strained
  6. half-suit
  7. half-suits
  8. half-swastika
  9. half-swastikas
  10. half-term
  11. half-terms

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