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chain mail

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings [syn: ring mail , mail , chain armor , chain armour , ring armor , ring armour ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Chain Mail is a 2015 Filipino mystery horror film starring Meg Imperial , Shy Carlos and Nadine Lustre . It was released on July 22, 2015 by Viva Films . It was directed and written by Adolfo Alix Jr. , also written by Jerry Gracio and Agnes de Guzman. ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Eleventh-century Norman knight with chain mail coat, kite-shaped shield, sword and long lance which could be used from horseback. ▪ It began to appear more convoluted, interlocking chain mail ... some sort of suit. ▪ Knight, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A flexible defensive armor, made of a mesh of interlinked metal rings. Etymology 2 n. chain letter, taken collectively.

Usage examples of chain mail.

Tolliver is a talented and creative maker of chain mail armor and so, inspired no doubt by the literary splendors of this august series, he crafted chain mail for five (count 'em, five) stuffed chickens.

Salla had insisted that I hide in the bathroom before anybody else saw me, pointing out that a six-foot warrior woman in bronze chain mail would probably make the police seriously nervous.

In silence, her red chain mail looking vivid and outlandish against the frosty gray backdrop of the woods, she climbed behind his saddle.

Now and again, she heard the chink of spears, the faint metallic slither of chain mail, but even those sounds were muffled.

The black of her back was glossy beneath her chain mail, and her chest, belly, and legs were white, so heavily ticked with black that from any distance they looked blue silver.