top-armour

English

In this diagram from Cyclopedia (1728), 14, 56, 98, and 133 are labelled top armour

Alternative forms

top armour, top armor, top-armor

Noun

top-armour (countable and uncountable, plural top-armours)

1. (historical, nautical) A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: top armour, i.e. armour on the top side of e.g. a tank.

References

• “top-armor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.