What is "armatures"

Usage examples of "armatures".

The springs snapped to life and the armatures began moving, and soon the dark spider was alive, whirring and purring under its own mechanical power.

The levers controlled the armatures through a series of notches along their lengths.

Figgis watched the armatures punch the answer onto the square of copper.

The light of the candle played off his creation, an enormous series of armatures and springs operated from a heavy, wide wooden desk.