chain mail

noun

(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

• Syn: ↑ring mail, ↑mail, ↑chain armor, ↑chain armour, ↑ring armor, ↑ring armour

• Topics: ↑Middle Ages, ↑Dark Ages

• Hypernyms: ↑body armor, ↑body armour, ↑suit of armor, ↑suit of armour, ↑coat of mail, ↑cataphract

• Hyponyms: ↑brigandine, ↑habergeon, ↑hauberk, ↑byrnie, ↑voider, ↑gusset

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noun

: flexible armor of interlinked metal rings — called also chain armor

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Armor.

mail² (def. 1).

[1815-25]

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chain mail noun

Armour of small connected metal links, much used in Europe in the 12c and 13c

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Main Entry: ↑chain

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chain mail UK US noun [uncountable]

clothing made from metal rings that soldiers in the past wore for protection

Thesaurus: clothes and accessories worn in the past_hyponym

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chain mail,

a kind of flexible armor used in the Middle Ages, made of metal rings linked together; mail: »Without pay, too, it would have been difficult, if not impossible, for many knights to bear the rapidly rising cost of armor in this period [the Renaissance] when heavy plate was beginning to replace the simpler chain mail of the crusading era (Wallace Ferguson).

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n. historical armor made of small metal rings linked together

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noun [noncount]

: a kind of protective clothing (called armor) that is made up of many tiny metal rings that are linked together and that was worn by knights and soldiers in the Middle Ages

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ˈchain mail [chain mail] (also mail) noun uncountable

↑armour (= covering to protect the body when fighting) made of small metal rings linked together

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Chain mail — Chain Chain (ch[=a]n), n. [F. cha[^i]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. {Catenate}.] 1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chain mail — Mail Mail (m[=a]l), n. [OE. maile, maille, F. maille a ring of mail, mesh, network, a coat of mail, fr. L. macula spot, a mesh of a net. Cf. {Macle}, {Macula}, {Mascle}.] 1. A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chain mail — chain′ mail′ n. her mail II, 1) • Etymology: 1815–25 … From formal English to slang
chain mail — n [U] protective clothing made by joining many small metal rings together, worn by soldiers in the past … Dictionary of contemporary English
chain mail — chain ,mail noun uncount clothing made from metal rings that soldiers in the past wore for protection … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
chain mail — ► NOUN historical ▪ armour made of small metal rings linked together … English terms dictionary
chain mail — n. flexible armor made of joined metal links … English World dictionary
Chain Mail — For other uses, see chainmail (disambiguation). Chain Mail / Sit Down Single by James Released March 1986 … Wikipedia
chain mail — Armor. mail2 (def. 1). [1815 25] * * * or mail Form of body armour worn by European knights and other medieval warriors. An early form, made by sewing iron rings to fabric or leather, was worn in late Roman times and may have originated in Asia.… … Universalium
chain mail — noun a) A flexible defensive armor, made of a mesh of interlinked metal rings. Chain mail is formed by a number of iron rings, each ring having four others inserted into it, the whole exhibiting a kind of net work, with circular meshes, every… … Wiktionary

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