armatures

noun

  1. The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire around a metal core.

  2. The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.

  3. A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet

  4. A supporting framework in a sculpture.

  5. A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.

  6. A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.

  7. Armor, or a suit of armor.

  8. Any apparatus for defence.

  9. The frame of a pair of glasses.

verb

  1. To provide with an armature (any sense).