" armature "

[Noun]  | "ar*ma*ture" | \ ˈär-mə-ˌchu̇r \

1: an organ or structure (such as teeth or thorns) for offense or defense

2: a piece of soft iron or steel that connects the poles of a magnet or of adjacent magnets

3: a usually rotating part of an electric machine (such as a generator or motor) which consists essentially of coils of wire around a metal core and in which electric current is induced or in which the input current interacts with a magnetic field to produce torque

Origin: 1653 ;

 Middle English, "armor, armed force," borrowed from Latin armātūra "armament, troop" (Medieval Latin, "suit of armor, defensive equipment of an animal"), from armātus, past participle of armāre "to {see: |arm:2|arm:2}, equip" + -ūra {see: |-ure|-ure};

[Noun]  | "armature"