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A piece of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.

• ARMORICARMORICAN
  Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people. -- n.
• Horse-chestnut
  The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name.
• Horse-leechery
  The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
• Horseweed
  A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.
• Horsewhip
  A whip for horses.
• Plateaux
  of Plateau
• ARMORPLATED
  Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad. This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain. Times (Dec. 29, 1860).
• Horse-drench
  A dose of physic for a horse.
• Horse-litter
  A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.
• Horsewomen
  of Horsewoman
• Plateaus
  of Plateau
• HORSEGUARDS
  A body of cavalry so called; esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes guards of state for the sovereign. The Horse Guards, a name given to the former headquarters of the commander in chief of the British army, at Whitehal
• Horsefish
  The moonfish (Selene setipinnis).
• Horsemen
  of Horseman
• Horsewoman
  A woman who rides on horseback.
• Plateau
  A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.
• HORSELEECH
  A large blood-sucking leech (Hæmopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses. 2. A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.
• Armor-bearer
  One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger.

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