Definition of cataphract Cataphract
cat•a•phract
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| cataphract - armor that protects the wearer's whole body | ||
| body armor, body armour, suit of armor, suit of armour, coat of mail | ||
| armor, armour tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant | ||
| armet a medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard | ||
| basinet a medieval steel helmet | ||
| brassard armor plate that protects the arm | ||
| breastplate, egis, aegis armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass | ||
| bulletproof vest a vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet | ||
| cannon lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals | ||
| casque (15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor | ||
| chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail, mail (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings | ||
| corselet, corslet a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece | ||
| cubitiere body armor that protects the elbow | ||
| cuirass medieval body armor that covers the chest and back | ||
| cuisse armor plate that protects the thigh | ||
| epauliere armor plate that protects the shoulder | ||
| fauld a piece of armor plate below the breastplate | ||
| metal glove, gauntlet, gantlet a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim | ||
| gorget armor plate that protects the neck | ||
| greave, jambeau armor plate that protects legs below the knee | ||
| helmet a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows | ||
| knee piece armor plate that protects the knee | ||
| nosepiece armor plate that protects the nose | ||
| pallette, palette one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor | ||
| rerebrace, upper cannon cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm | ||
| roundel round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit | ||
| skirt of tasses armor plate that protects the body below the waist | ||
| sabaton, solleret armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel | ||
| tasse, tasset one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs | ||
| tuille armor plate that protects the hip and thigh | ||
| lower cannon, vambrace cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cataphract (n.)
Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations. - cataphract (n.)
A horseman covered with a cataphract. - cataphract (n.)
The armor or plate covering some fishes.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cataphract
kat′a-frakt, n. (Milton) a soldier in full armour. [Gr. kataphraktēs, a coat-of-mail—kata, inten., and phrass-ein, to enclose, protect.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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cataphract
The old Roman term for a horseman in complete armor.
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