Armouring

Torso just well enough forward, slender waist, not too lean in the stomach, and with muscles like some lad boxer's armouring that stomach to fearlessness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Plans call for the dyke top be raised about half a metre, concrete floodwall retaining structures will be added, and rip-rap armouring will reinforce the river face of the dyke. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Despite Bob Ainsworth stating recently that "we will win based on our ability to separate the insurgents from the people", blast walls, the up-armouring of British military vehicles and even the increased use of helicopters to travel around, all widen the physical split between soldiers and the people whose hearts and minds they are trying to win. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And the French have embarked on a crash programme of up-armouring their VBL armoured cars to increase protection against IEDs. ❋ Richard (2006)

Similarly, they dragged their heels on armouring up Humvees while troopers welded scrap metal onto them in a desparate attempt to make these "purple heart boxes" somewhat bullet-proof. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Furthermore, as US forces have found – and as will the British – up-armouring invites a version of the arms race, where the terrorists use heavier and more sophisticated weapons, to the extent that not even the US 65-ton Abrams Main Battle Tank is immune from attack. ❋ Richard (2006)

Although their performance is good, especially in hot and high condition, they are extremely vulnerable to ground fire even small-arms and do not lend themselves to armouring. ❋ Richard (2007)

This, as Defense Industry Daily points out, marks a "collective realization" sinking in that up-armouring flat-bottomed vehicles which are not designed to take that kind of weight, and which have strict limits on the level of protection they can ever provide, is an inadequate response to the need for blast-resistance. ❋ Helen (2007)

I was only mildly surprised to find a South African company Land Mobility Technologies was partnered with DaimlerChrysler to provide armouring on the truck cabs - they seem to have carved out quite a niche for themselves in this field: ❋ Unknown (2007)

The "M" in the 2A6M designation stands for "Mine" - as in up-armouring to protect from mines and their close cousins, IED's. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The commercial version would not have the electronics designed to detect anthrax, the Kevlar armouring on the underside, the night-vision cameras and the 25-inch LCD touch-screen computer monitors. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And the armouring topic today is (at Thjora's request): ❋ Roland (2005)

Besides, there is love at first sight - so the troubadours say - and there is the love that you take on piece by piece - like armouring yourself … 'A thoughtful look crossed his face. ❋ Chadwick, Elizabeth (2004)

They protect the slope with their roots and, by providing a surface cover, reduce the speed of runoff and catch debris, thereby armouring the slope. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Major drainage is already present; heavy armouring is required. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Partial armouring is often provided, for example by using lines of grasses, brush layers or wire bolsters; ❋ Unknown (1999)