From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisharmour-platedˌarmour-ˈplated British English, armor-plated American English adjective PMWsomething, especially a vehicle, that is armour-plated has an outer metal layer to protect it —armour plating noun [uncountable] —armour plate noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
armour-plated• Any other fish therefore has to be either large or armour-plated. 