don armour
Frequency: 3.51.1 per million words
A formal or literary term for putting on armour.
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Examples (10)
- The knight began to don his armour at dawn.
- Before entering the dark forest, the warrior would don his ancient armour.
- To face the board meeting, she had to metaphorically don her emotional armour.
- The soldiers donned their armour as the war horns sounded.
- The squire's main duty was assisting his master in donning his armour.
- At the signal, you will don your armour and ride to the front lines.
- He stood silently, preparing to don the heavy steel armour of his ancestors.
- Is it time to don our armour and meet the enemy?
- Having sharpened his sword, the hero proceeded to don his gleaming armour.
- Each legionary would ritually don his armour before a major campaign.