armature

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mə.tjʊə/ / /ˈɑː.mə.tjə/ / /ˈɑɹ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ/

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Doublet of armor and armure.

A detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.
Armor, such as a suit of armor, weapons and other military equipment.
The art of using arms and armour in combat; skill at arms; a mode or manner of armed combat.
The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core.
The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.
A supporting framework in a sculpture.
A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.
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.
Any apparatus for defence.
The frame of a pair of glasses.
“It can take pictures or video from a front-facing camera, controlled by a voice command or a swipe on the right-hand armature, and is designed to display at-a-glance information on its screen which is visible only to the user.”

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French armature, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Doublet of armor and armure.

To provide with an armature (any sense).
“T. S. Eliot had his legion of followers: the immaculate minor poet armaturing in exquisite technique a mildewed softness, and living a reminiscent universe which never existed.”
“"Armaturing to the larger size was just another challenge we had to face," comments Bruce.”