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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Är'ma-türe, n.

noun

(53), n. [Lat. armatura, from armare, to arm; Fr. armature, Pr. armadura. See ARM, v. t.]

  1. Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body. Raj.
  2. (Magnetism.) A piece of iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, and receive the magnetic force. In the ordinary horse-shoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.
  3. (Arch.) Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, for tracery, &c. Cf. Gloss.