armatures

/AA0 R M AH0 CH ER0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    A supporting framework in a sculpture.

  5. 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. 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. 7

    Armor, or a suit of armor.

  8. 8

    Any apparatus for defence.

  9. 9

    The frame of a pair of glasses.

verb
  1. 1

    To provide with an armature (any sense).

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/armature, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/armatures