Suits of Armor

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 373 v.1

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1. suit of armour |n| armor that protects the wearer's whole body.
2. "A legend arises in Orleans about a suit of armor hidden here, one that renders its wearer invincible."
3. "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."
4. "Looking at a real suit of armor simply leaves a stronger impression than merely reading about medieval jousts."
5. knight 1 |n| a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor in the Middle Ages.
6. "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."
7. "The knight bought a horse for eight gold pieces."
8. "The knight did not hesitate: with his sword he cut his cloak in two and gave one half to the old man."
9. "He was made a knight, and was then nicknamed "the god of arms"."
10. 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.
11. "Counts, knights, barons and marquesses gathered in the guilded ballroom of the hotel to mark the focal event of the aristocratic social calendar."