c. 1300, "mail, defensive covering worn in combat," also "means of protection," from Old French armeure "weapons, armor" (12c.), from Latin armatura "arms, equipment," from arma "arms, gear" (see arm (n.2)). Figurative use from mid-14c.
Meaning "military equipment generally," especially siege engines, is late 14c. The word might have died with jousting if not for late 19c. transference to metal-shielded machinery beginning with U.S. Civil War ironclads (first attested in this sense in an 1855 report from the U.S. Congressional Committee on Naval Affairs).
armor (v.)
mid-15c., from armor (n.). Related: Armored; armoring.
例文
1. Love songs trick us into believing in knights in shining armor .
ラブソングは私たちをだまして勇敢に美人を救う英雄を信じます。
2.Hand-held guns proved no match for heavy armor .
の結果、銃を持って重装甲と対抗できないことが分かった。
3.The troops and armor were massed along the border.
部隊と装甲兵が国境に集結した。
4.He has been disencumbered of his armor .
鎧を脱いだ。
5.The leading role in the film is costummed in medieval armor .