horse armor

horse armor
a) Armor for a horse in battle.

Thus, some types of Spanish horse armor consisted of heavy leather covers for the entire body of the horse and covering the head...

b) Purchasable downloadable content that provides only cosmetic effect, with no actual enhancement to gameplay or to player stats.

<blockquote>Valve just wants to make sure anything they release and sell for the game will have real value.<br />"We dont want to give you horse armor," he said.<ref name="Kotaku left 4 dead"></ref></blockquote>


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