1. (military) protected by armor (used of persons or things military)
   "The armored vehicles provided crucial protection for the troops";
   - armoured [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Used of animals; provided with protective covering
   "The armored scales of the pangolin protect it from predators";
   - armoured [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. Equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior
   "The armored knight rode into battle";
   - panoplied, armoured [Brit, Cdn]

1. Equip with armor
   "The knights armored themselves before the joust";
   - armour [Brit, Cdn]

See also: armor-clad [US], armor-plated [US], armour-clad [Brit, Cdn], armour-plated [Brit, Cdn], bone-covered, bony-plated, bulletproof, equipped, equipt [archaic], lightly armored [US], lightly armoured [Brit, Cdn], mail-cheeked, mail-clad, mailed, scaled, scaley, scaly, silver-scaled, squamous, steel-plated

Type of: equip, fit, fit out, outfit

Antonym: unarmored [US]

Encyclopedia: Armored