Definition of Cataphrect
Cat"a*phract (k&act;t"&ador;*frăkt),
n. [L. cataphractes, Gr. &?;, fr. &?;
covered, fr. &?; to cover; kata` down, wholly +
fra`ssein to inclose.] 1. (Mil.
Antiq.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and
often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of
some eastern nations.
2. A horseman covered with a
cataphract.
Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and
spears.
Milton.
3. (Zoöl.) The armor or plate
covering some fishes.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.
- A horseman covered with a cataphract.
- The armor or plate covering some fishes.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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