大おお鎧よろい

noun

ō-yoroi; box-shaped heavy armor used on horseback

Historical term for a type of Japanese armor worn by samurai from the Heian to early Muromachi periods, characterized by a boxy shape and designed primarily for mounted archery.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで大おお鎧よろいの展てん示じを見みた。

  I saw an exhibition of ō-yoroi at the museum.

• 大おお鎧よろいは主おもに騎き乗じょうの武ぶ士しが使し用ようした。

  Ō-yoroi was mainly used by mounted warriors.