Noun : A chilling courtesy was his only armor. From Dictionary.com.
In ten minutes the so-called armoured plate was riddled. From Wordnik.com. [The Kangaroo Marines] Reference
Nathalie Gray 10:19 pm: I LOVE the idea of armoured dirigibles. From Wordnik.com. [Transcript: Steampunk Romance « Coyote Con] Reference
I could see the ankle-length gambeson as a great base for any kind of armoured character, honestly. From Wordnik.com. [thoughts on lrp and characters] Reference
In recent years, Britain has been pulled up for the sale of military and security equipment such as armoured vehicles to. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It's not just about helicopters and the right kind of armoured car, is it?. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Ladysmith, with engine and dynamo, entirely armoured. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Near the railway were situated two armoured trucks with a. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
The day we went to Dunkirk we saw a lot of armoured cars. From Wordnik.com. ['My Beloved Poilus'] Reference
The townspeople threw rocks at the eight departing armoured Humvees. From Wordnik.com. [Afghanistan war logs: Secret CIA paramilitaries' role in civilian deaths] Reference
They were armoured with 4-inch iron and armed with eighteen 50-pounder guns. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
Egyptian campaign, when the Sirdar found the armoured train of great service. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
An armoured train was again engaged on this date, but only one man was killed. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
If any one puts a dynamite cartridge under a rail -- pop! up goes the armoured train. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Mantegna has her armoured, with greaves to the knee and spiked cups on her breastplate. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Unlike modern crocodiles it had fewer armoured plates on its body, making it more nimble. From Wordnik.com. [Fossil of 'cat-like' crocodile found in Tanzania] Reference
The Hans seemed to be protected, shoved into police cars or escorted behind armoured vehicles. From Wordnik.com. [Urumqi] Reference
The car was so broken up that it looked as if it had been in collision with an armoured train. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
The man in command of an armoured train thinks first, when an emergency arises, of his engine. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Like Corybants jingling (poor sots) fully armoured, they noisily round on their promenade strolled. From Wordnik.com. [Lysistrata] Reference
An armoured train got within about 1500 yards of a Boer laager three miles south of Crocodile Poort. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
An armoured train brought troops to their assistance, and these enabled them to return safely to headquarters. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
It will be remembered that he was taken prisoner at the very beginning of the war in the armoured-train disaster. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
The car is similar to Jaguar's existing luxury XJ model but includes a special assassination-proof "armoured cell". From Wordnik.com. [Jaguar's XJ Sentinel uncaged at Moscow motor show] Reference
The frigate was, in the following century and almost up to our time, what the cruiser is in the armoured navies of to-day. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
Hemelytra of Hemiptera are not really half-wings anyway, but protective fore-wings armoured for only about half their length. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
My own 12-pounder crews and those of Richards 'guns hard at the mantlets for the armoured train, and doing the job very well. From Wordnik.com. [With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service] Reference
On the 21st of October, an armoured train that went out to reconnoitre discovered the enemy in the neighbourhood of Spyfontein. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Her comments came after she had halted her armoured vehicle to plunge into a market in the scruffy town of Pabbi to buy oranges. From Wordnik.com. [Mr Cameron doesn't understand Pakistan. Sadly, he is not alone] Reference
While the firing continued the armoured train was hurriedly got in readiness, and started with the object of engaging the enemy. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Lieutenant Shewan, with one hundred men mostly from 'E' company, was promptly dispatched to reinforce them in the armoured train. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
On the 24th inst. the garrison, supported by two armoured trains, had a fresh and an exceedingly animated encounter with the enemy. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Small gunboats were fitted out for operating on the Rio Grande de Pampanga, and an armoured train was prepared for use farther north. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
In the station, a few hundred yards off, is a fine khaki armoured train, with a pom-pom named "Edward VII." mounted on the centre truck. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
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