Definition of "armor plating" [armor plating]

• Specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Powerful defensive shielding and monotanium armor plating protect the ship, as the Hirogen have learned that some prey fight back."
• "Bullets chewed along the side of the armor plating on the van, but with the grid down and the backup power disabled, the entire brooding anthill of Zero-Fifteen was critically disabled."