Armarium, R. A cabinet, cupboard, or bookcase. Originally a place for keeping arms. Some were ornamented with plates of brass set in links of gold; others were made of gold inlaid with precious stones of various shapes. (See also Almery.)
Armatura, R. (1) In a general sense, armour of every kind. Thus armatura levis denoted the light infantry; and soldiers armed only with a hasta, and the dart, gæsa (of Gallic invention) were called leves milites. (2) The art of fencing. (3) The pieces of iron or bronze which connect stones or the parts of a structure. (4) The iron framework in a window or casement.
Armed, Her. Having natural weapons of offence, &c. A lion is armed of his claws and teeth, a bull of his horns, &c.
Armenian Green. (See Chrysocolla.)
Armet, Old Eng. A kind of helmet of the 16th century, worn with or without the beaver.
Armilausa, Lat. A classical garment adopted in England and elsewhere, worn by knights over their armour. Strutt describes it as “a round curtal weed, which they called a cloak, and in Latin armilausa, as only covering the shoulders.”
Fig. 42. Armilla. Celtic Bracelet.
Fig. 43. Armilla. Gaulish Bracelet.