Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Loricate \Lor"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loricated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Loricating}.] [L. loricatus, p. p. of loricare to
   clothe in mail, to cover with plastering, fr. lorica a
   leather cuirass, a plastering, fr. lorum thong.]
   To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a
   crust, coating, or plates.