cataphract

Meaning of cataphract

noun
  1. Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
  2. (by extension) An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.

adjective

Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed.

Information about cataphract

  • The plural form of cataphract is: cataphracts.
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Hyphenation of cataphract

cat-aphract

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • cataphract is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

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