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Cataphract

Noun

Définitions

1.NounDefensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
2.NounAn outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.
3.AdjectiveOf a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed.
4.NounA soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).
5.NounA galley with the upper tier of rowers shielded.
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