English Dictionary

cataphract

/ˈkætəfɹækt/

noun

(military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).

The cataphract was a heavily armored cavalryman in ancient warfare.

意味（1）

(military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).

He who lookes you in the face, ſaith he ſees you, though the reſt of your bodie be within your cloathes, and if you, being an ὁωλομάχος a cataphract in your proteſtantiſh πανοπλία [panoplía, suit of armour] should for fear pull downe your beuer before you come into the liſt, your Aduerſarie for all that might light vpon your ( ) vnleſſe you bring with you Giges his ring, ſo to make your ſelf inuiſible; …