Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit NÂș 373 v.1
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- suit of armour |n| armor that protects the wearer's whole body.
- "A legend arises in Orleans about a suit of armor hidden here, one that renders its wearer invincible."
- "In the process, one of the brothers loses and arm and a leg and the other loses his entire body and becomes a soul attached to an empty suit of armor."
- "Looking at a real suit of armor simply leaves a stronger impression than merely reading about medieval jousts."
- knight 1 |n| a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor in the Middle Ages.
- "The crossbow was really the first hand-held weapon that could be used by an untrained soldier to injure or kill a knight in plate armour."
- "The knight bought a horse for eight gold pieces."
- "The knight did not hesitate: with his sword he cut his cloak in two and gave one half to the old man."
- "He was made a knight, and was then nicknamed "the god of arms"."
- knight 2 |UK| |n| a man awarded a nonhereditary title by the sovereign in recognition of merit or service and entitled to use the honorific “Sir” in front of his name.
- "Counts, knights, barons and marquesses gathered in the guilded ballroom of the hotel to mark the focal event of the aristocratic social calendar."
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