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tegulated en · ADJ

Etymology

From tegula + -ate + -ed.

Meanings

1. Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; said of a kind of ancient armor.
   • Hefner gives an illustration of tegulated armour (Fig. 90) from a painting on vellum dating from c. 1090, when this system appears to have been introduced. 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65:

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