heavy-armed, a.
(ˈhɛvɪɑːmd)
Bearing heavy armour or arms.
| 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 388/2 The employment of artillery in the field deprived this heavy armed cavalry of all the advantages it possessed over the soldiers who fought on foot. 1843 Liddell & Scott Greek Lex., Ὁπλίτης, a heavy-armed foot-soldier, man-at-arms, who carried a pike and a large shield. 1875 Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 74 As the heavy-armed Spartans did at the battle of Plataea. |