cataphract : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cataphract	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cataphract
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cataphract n armor that protects the wearer's whole body [syn: {body armor}, body armour, suit of armor, suit of armour, coat of mail, cataphract]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cataphract \Cat"a*phract\, n. [L. cataphractes, Gr. [?], fr. [?] covered, fr. [?] to cover; kata` down, wholly + [?] to inclose.] 1. (Mil. Antiq.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations. 2. A horseman covered with a cataphract. Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears. --Milton. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.