Armor-plated \Ar"mor-plat`ed\, a.
Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war;
steel-clad.
This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated
steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain.
--Times (Dec.
29, 1860).
armor-plated
adj : covered with heavy steel; "armor-plated vehicles" [syn: {armor-clad},
{armour-clad}, {armour-plated}, {steel-plated}]