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tegulated

tegulated adjective: composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; said of a kind of ancient armor.

Adjective

tegulated (comparative more tegulated, superlative most tegulated)

  1. Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; said of a kind of ancient armor.
    • Hefner gives an illustration of tegulated armour (Fig. 90) from a painting on vellum dating from c. 1090, when this system appears to have been introduced.1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65

Forms of tegulated

comparativemore tegulated
superlativemost tegulated

Origin of tegulated

From tegula + -ate + -ed.

Questions about tegulated

What does tegulated mean?
Tegulated means composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; said of a kind of ancient armor.
What part of speech is tegulated?
Tegulated is an adjective.

Words near tegulated in the dictionary

  1. Teguima
  2. tegula
  3. tegulae
  4. tegular
  5. tegularly
  6. tegulated
  7. tegulation
  8. teguline
  9. tegulines
  10. tegument
  11. tegumental

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