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plateskirt

plateskirt noun: a skirt of plate armour.

Noun

plateskirt (plural plateskirts)

  1. A skirt of plate armour.
    • The three satyrs wear silver armored chest plate, with gold trim, and helmets matching their color. Their legs are partially covered as a plateskirt extends halfway to their horse legs.2014, T. Cannon, “Waking up the rest”, in Artésque (The Fragment of Stoná; 1), [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN
    • The lamps held by many of the Timberwolves dropped. The mighty gust of wind that followed the giant’s landing was the culprit. He stood around ten feet tall, had muscles the size of car tires, and wore a horned helmet, chest plate, plateskirt, and large, brown boots.2018, J.H. Hutchins, “The Finale”, in Dhampir (Avalon; 1), ASIN B07DN2WGBS

Forms of plateskirt

pluralplateskirts

Origin of plateskirt

From plate + skirt.

Questions about plateskirt

What does plateskirt mean?
Plateskirt means a skirt of plate armour.
What part of speech is plateskirt?
Plateskirt is a noun.
What is the plural of plateskirt?
The plural of plateskirt is plateskirts.

Words near plateskirt in the dictionary

  1. platescape
  2. platescapes
  3. platesetter
  4. platesetters
  5. platesful
  6. plateskirt
  7. plateskirts
  8. platetrope
  9. plateware
  10. plateway
  11. plateways

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