1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
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 and SADDLE: Saddle-Bars.) In magnetism Dr William Gilbert applied the term to the piece of soft 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-shoe…
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