=Armentiers.= A city of the department of the North, France; captured and burned by the English, 1339; pillaged by the French, 1382; destroyed by the Calvinists in 1566; occupied by Marshals de Gassion and de Rantzan, 1645; by Archduke Leopold, 1647; by the French in 1667, and remained a city of France in accordance with the peace treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1668. =Armes de Jet= (_Fr._). Missive weapons; offensive arms or instruments which act by propulsion, whether by the force of powder, steam, wind, or mechanism. =Armet= (_Fr._). A helmet or head-piece much in use in the 16th century, and worn with or without the beaver. =Armgaunt.= Worn by military service; as, an armgaunt steed. =Armiger.= Formerly an armor-bearer, as of a knight; an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to a coat of arms. =Armilausa.= A military uniform coat, worn by the Romans over their armor. =Armiludia.= A name given by the Romans to the exercises of arms, and also applied to the day on which these exercises took place. =Armilustrium.= This name was given by the Romans to a military festival which took place on the 19th of October annually. After review the soldiers offered up sacrifices for the success of the Roman arms. =Armipotent.= Powerful in arms; mighty in battle. =Armisonous.= Rustling in arms; resounding with arms. =Armistice.= A cessation of hostilities between belligerent nations for a considerable time. It is either partial and local, or general. It differs from a mere suspension of arms, which takes place to enable the two armies to bury their dead, their chiefs to hold conferences or pourparlers, and the like. The terms truce (see TRUCE) and armistice are sometimes used in the same sense. =Armless.= Without arms or armor. =Armlet.= The name of a piece of armor for the arm, to protect it from the jar of the bow-string. =Armor.= Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one’s person in battle. In English statutes, armor is used for the whole apparatus of war, including offensive as well as defensive arms. The _statutes of armor_ directed what arms every man should provide. Armor has also been extensively used in England in plating important fortifications as those of Portsmouth, and also in Germany for the forts along the frontier. =Armor-bearer.= One who carries the armor of another; an armiger; an esquire. =Armorer.= The person who makes, cleans, or repairs arms. =Armorial.= Belonging to armor, or to the arms or escutcheon of a family.