Definition of "armatures" []

• Plural form of armature. (noun)

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• "The moving coils of wire or "armatures" should rotate freely without touching the iron pole-pieces of the fixed portion of the machine."
• "Jacqueline Schmidt 'At the Cabin,' 14 x 12 x 12 inches, both by Jacqueline Schmidt For five years, the artist, designer and creative director of New York's kid-centric cafe Moomah, has turned wooden armatures into fantastical microenvironments: a living room inhabited by giraffes, a lush English garden, an epoxy-and-resin waterfall with a mermaid mid-dive."
• "The country was put into the hands of armatures that interfered with the professionals because “they knew best” for 8 years."