The difficulties of military action, especially involving armoured vehicles in such a heavily wooded and mountainous country, require little imagination.

Definition of armoured adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. a large number of men armed and organized for war.

ARMOURED definition: having a protective covering, such as armour or bone See examples of armoured used in a sentence.

The earliest known use of the adjective armoured is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for armoured is from 1564, in the writing of William Bullein, physician.

A second use of the term armour describes armoured forces, armoured weapons, and their role in combat. After the development of armoured warfare, tanks and mechanised infantry and their …

Armoured vehicles are fitted with a hard metal covering in order to protect them from gunfire and other missiles. More than forty armoured vehicles carrying troops have been sent into the area.

Oct 29, 2025 · (military) Equipped with armoured vehicles.

covered with or protected by armor: an armored car. having vehicles, weapons, etc., protected by armor: armored divisions. protected by armor or armor plate. Military provided with or using armored …

armoured Definitions of armoured adjective protected by armor (used of persons or things military)