"platelegs" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From plate + legs.",
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          "ref": "2012, Daniel Cade, The Last Pure Warrior, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, pages 43–46",
          "text": "Dansel said “oh yes, could you buy me two hundred thousand sheets of steel metal and send it to Elfcidem. Could you give them a message asking them if they would make: eight thousand helmets, bodyplates, platelegs, gauntlets and boots?” […] He then used the large paintbrush to finish off coating the platelegs, eagle helmet and bodyplate. […] Inside it had rows upon rows of armour. Some rows of helmets, some of platelegs, bodyplates, gauntlets and boots.",
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          "ref": "2012, Jonathan Leung, “Upon A Falling Star”, in Joe Ducie, editor, Unbowed, Unbroken, Unrelenting: An Antihero Anthology, Perth, W.A.: Dark Lord Publishing, published 2013, pages 206–207",
          "text": "He bit back a cry of pain and slammed his fist against the set of platelegs that swiftly followed, allowing both of them to clatter down the staircase and land on the carpet with a pair of clatters. […] The woman wasn’t capable of blocking this attack and with a sharp shearing sound, Circle’s sword separated the woman’s head from her body and she landed in a heap at the foot of the stairs, the broadsword clattering against the discarded platelegs in a mournful knell.",
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          "ref": "2013, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, translated by Katy Derbyshire, Apostoloff, London, New York, N.Y., Calcutta: Seagull Books, page 71",
          "text": "With golden platelegs, a golden chest plate, veritably spraying sparks of red, violet and pink and gleaming with ribbon-like tips, his red cloak dramatically waved, a blue cloth slung around his immaculate thighs, he stands with both golden feet upon the rich man’s back.",
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          "ref": "2020, T. D. Cannon, “Stone Pressed”, in Artésque: The Crystoreeñ Rises, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris",
          "text": "The armor may not cover Damien’s full body, as his arms are mostly exposed aside from the Gloftór on one, but the platelegs and boots do give a rather ominous sound to the room as he walks forward.",
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          "ref": "2021 October, Alex Calvin, RuneScape: The First 20 Years—An Illustrated History, Milwaukie, Ore.: Dark Horse Books, pages 37–38",
          "text": "Platelegs Shop […] The weaponry introduced the first throwing ring, and only the level 221 TzHaar-Ket dropped the original platelegs, platebody and helmet.",
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        "Plate armour for legs."
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          "word": "legplates"
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          "text": "Dansel said “oh yes, could you buy me two hundred thousand sheets of steel metal and send it to Elfcidem. Could you give them a message asking them if they would make: eight thousand helmets, bodyplates, platelegs, gauntlets and boots?” […] He then used the large paintbrush to finish off coating the platelegs, eagle helmet and bodyplate. […] Inside it had rows upon rows of armour. Some rows of helmets, some of platelegs, bodyplates, gauntlets and boots.",
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          "text": "He bit back a cry of pain and slammed his fist against the set of platelegs that swiftly followed, allowing both of them to clatter down the staircase and land on the carpet with a pair of clatters. […] The woman wasn’t capable of blocking this attack and with a sharp shearing sound, Circle’s sword separated the woman’s head from her body and she landed in a heap at the foot of the stairs, the broadsword clattering against the discarded platelegs in a mournful knell.",
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