The difficulties of military action, especially involving armoured vehicles in such a heavily wooded and mountainous country, require little imagination.

1. a large number of men armed and organized for war.

Armoured definition: having a protective covering, such as armour or bone. See examples of ARMOURED used in a sentence.

Definition of armoured adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Armoured vehicles are fitted with a hard metal covering in order to protect them from gunfire and other missiles. More than forty armoured vehicles carrying troops have been sent into the area.

covered with or protected by armor: an armored car. having vehicles, weapons, etc., protected by armor: armored divisions. protected by armor or armor plate. Military provided with or using …

The earliest known use of the adjective armoured is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for armoured is from 1564, in the writing of William Bullein, physician.