body armour
noun[U]
UK(USbody armor)uk/ˈbɒd.i ˌɑː.mər/us/ˈbɑː.di ˌɑːr.mɚ/specialclotheswornbysoldiersorpoliceofficersforprotection
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- Give him another steel cap, and full body armour.
- The body armour I don't so much mind, now that I am fairly in the saddle.
- The question of body armour for the troops, it is stated, is still under consideration by the authorities.
- They have no horsemen or body armour, but use darts and spears, barbed with many poisonous fangs, and several kinds of arrows, as with us.
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Improvements have been made also to the standards of protective clothing, including the wider distribution ofbodyarmour.
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Decisions about whether to issuebodyarmour, and the selection ofbodyarmour, are operational matters for chief officers.
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The pictures of the princess wearingbodyarmourand a helmet with a visor learning how to demine caught the world's attention.
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Life-saving plates for enhanced ceramicbodyarmourdisappeared.
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It is for chief officers to decide when and how to equip police officers withbodyarmour, reflecting local priorities.
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Bodyarmouris issued as a matter of course for any form of operational duty where the risk warrants it wherever that might be.
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The question ofbodyarmouris under constant evaluation.
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Combatbodyarmourwill be issued to service men as an item of personal equipment as supplies become available.
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Various designs of combatbodyarmourare at present under evaluation.
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Combatbodyarmouris a lightweight vest covering the torso, designed to protect the wearer against fragmenting munitions.
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Ceramicbodyarmour(ceramic plates) has been issued since 1992 when an initial issue of 32 individual plates was made.
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To this end, 38,000 sets of enhancedbodyarmourwere sent to theatre, which should have been sufficient to equip all who needed it.
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The missing 200,000 sets ofbodyarmourare no longer just a quartermaster's nightmare.
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For example, there was a lack of potentially life-savingbodyarmour.
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The importance and value ofbodyarmourcan hardly be overestimated.
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