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top-armour

top-armour noun: a top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.

top-armour: a top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting
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Noun

top-armour (countable and uncountable, plural top-armours)

  1. (historical) A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: top armour, i.e. armour on the top side of e.g. a tank.

Forms of top-armour

pluraltop-armours

Questions about top-armour

What does top-armour mean?
Top-armour means a top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.
What part of speech is top-armour?
Top-armour is a noun.
What is the plural of top-armour?
The plural of top-armour is top-armours.

Words near top-armour in the dictionary

  1. top tubes
  2. top up
  3. top whack
  4. top-age
  5. top-aged
  6. top-armour
  7. top-armours
  8. top-bill
  9. top-billed
  10. top-billing
  11. top-bills

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