armature

CEFRC1

/ˈɑː.mə.tjʊə/

noun

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noun
A frame or support used to hold or shape something.
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noun
Extra detail
Armor, such as a suit of armor, weapons and other military equipment.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

The art of using arms and armour in combat; skill at arms; a mode or manner of armed combat.
A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.
The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core.

In context

The sculpture's metal armature was visible.
T. S. Eliot had his legion of followers: the immaculate minor poet armaturing in exquisite technique a mildewed softness, and living a reminiscent universe which never existed.
It can take pictures or video from a front-facing camera, controlled by a voice command or a swipe on the right-hand armature, and is designed to display at-a-glance information on its screen which is visible only to the user.

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It can take pictures or video from a front-facing camera, controlled by a voice command or a swipe on the right-hand armature, and is designed to display at-a-glance information on its screen which is visible only to the user.
2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian
T. S. Eliot had his legion of followers: the immaculate minor poet armaturing in exquisite technique a mildewed softness, and living a reminiscent universe which never existed.
1940, Waldo David Frank, Chart for Rough Water: Our Role in a New World, page 147
"Armaturing to the larger size was just another challenge we had to face," comments Bruce.
1986 January, Janeen A. Olsen, “Will Vinton Productions provided character animation for Walt Disney's RETURN TO OZ that was groundbreaking”, in Cinefantastique, volume 15, number 5, Oak Park, IL: Frederick S. Clarke, →ISSN, page 48, column 3
This essentially implies that a wide overhang and waterproof foundations are needed, and the material itself is treated by compaction, alloying or armaturing.
1996, Mrinalini Devi Sharma, Energy Conscious Earth Architecture for Sustainable Development
Alonzo knew instantly how to armature his horse figures, by using some self-fashioned wires, to capture the real-life motion of his stallions. Armaturing is a skill that takes some artists years to master.
2011, Darold A. Treffert, Daniel Tammet, Islands of Genius

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Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Doublet of armor and armure.