cataphract
Plural: cataphracts
Noun
- armor that protects the wearer's whole body
- Defensive 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.
- An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.
- A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).
- A galley with the upper tier of rowers shielded.
Adj
- Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin cataphractes (“suit of armour”), from Ancient Greek κατάφρακτος (katáphraktos, “suit of armour”), from κατα- (kata-, prefix indicating a great degree or intensity) + φρακτός (phraktós, “protected; fenced in”) (from φράσσω (phrássō, “to fortify, secure; to fence in”)) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being).
Synonyms
body armor, body armour, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 19
cataphract: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionarycataphract: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
cataphract: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary