The Collaborative International Dictionary
bone-covered
armoured \armoured\ adj.
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provided with protective covering; -- used of animals. Opposite of unarmored.
Note: [Narrower terms: bone-covered ; {scaly, scaley, scaled.
Syn: armored.
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same as armor-clad; -- used of persons or things military. Opposite of unarmored.
Note: One that is aromour-clad is bulletproof. Narrower terms: lightly armored, lightly armoured; mail-clad, mailed; panzer; {scaled
Syn: armored.
WordNet
bone-covered
adj. (of animals) armored with bone
Usage examples of "bone-covered".
He was using short hard chops, sacrificing sheer battering mass for control, parrying with the bone-covered haft.