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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: APO-ARN |
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ARMATURE (from Lat. armatura, armour) , a covering for defence . In zoology the word is used of the bony shell of the armadillo. In architecture it is applied to the iron stays by which the lead lights are secured in windows. (See STANCHION
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iron with which he " armed " or capped the lodestone in order to increase its power . It is also used for the " keeper " or piece of iron which is placed across the poles of a horse
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