Armor

—defensiv paraphernalia worn by the knights and soldiery of medieval times and now manufactured for the benefit of those manufacturing an ancestry. English a. since the Norman conquest may be divided into 4 great groups: ( 1 ) mail a., worn until 1300; ( 2 ) mixt mail and plate a., worn from say 1301 to say 1410; ( 3 ) plate a., worn from about 1410 to almost 1600; ( 4 ) half a. (partial—these were the days they were learning to do without it) worn until say 1700. If interested further consult encyclopedia or other authoritativ work on the subject.