noun
A woollen or silk fabric, or a mixture of the two, with a twilled or ribbed surface.
Recorded earliest in attributive use.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Morning Post. From French armure arrangement of the threads in a fabric which resembles the interlinked structure of chain mail, a fabric which has this twilled or ribbed structure, extended use of armure.
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