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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Cataphract

/(kăt"ȧ*frăkt)/ · Cat·a·phract · IPA /ˈkætəˌfɹækt/
01 n. Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.
  1. 1.
    Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.(Mil. Antiq.)
  2. 2.
    A horseman covered with a cataphract.
    “Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears.” Milton.
  3. 3.
    The armor or plate covering some fishes.(Zool.)