armor-clad

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

armor-clad
    adj 1: covered with heavy steel; "armor-plated vehicles" [syn:
           {armor-clad}, {armour-clad}, {armor-plated}, {armour-
           plated}, {steel-plated}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

armor-clad \armor-clad\ armor-plated \armor-plated\
armour-plated \armour-plated\ armour-clad \armour-clad\adj.
   1. 1 protected with a covering of armor.

   Syn: steel-plated.
        [WordNet 1.5]