chain mail
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chain mail¹
Where it comes from
chain + mail; attested since the 1780s.
noun chain mails · chainmail
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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 ring separately rivetted; this kind of mail answers to that worn on the ancient breast plates, whence they were denominated loricæ hamma
Similar: armor
chain mail²
Where it comes from
From mail.
noun chain mails
- A chain letter.
Translations
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noun a flexible defensive armor
| Español | cota de malla |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 쇄자갑 swaejagap |
| 日本語 | 鎖帷子 kusarikatabira |
| 中文 | 鎖子甲 /锁子甲 suǒzijiǎ |
| Português | cota de malha |
| Français | cotte de mailles |
| Deutsch | Kettenrüstung, Kettenpanzer |
| Italiano | cotta di maglia |
| Ελληνικά | αλυσιδωτή πανοπλία alysidotí panoplía |
| Русский | кольчу́га kolʹčúga |
| العربية | زَرَد zarad |
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title = {chain mail},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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