カルタ金がね

noun

armor covered with small rectangular metal plates

Historical term for a type of Japanese armor (often lamellar or brigandine-like) where small rectangular plates (karuta) are attached to a fabric or leather backing. Rare in modern contexts; encountered mainly in historical or museum descriptions.

• この博はく物ぶつ館かんには、戦せん国ごく時じ代だいのカルタ金がねの胴どう丸まるが展てん示じされている。

  This museum displays a Sengoku-period karuta-gane dōmaru (armor with small rectangular plates).