ringmail

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ringmail

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From ring + mail.

noun ringmails · ring mail

uncountable, usually A type of personal armour constructed as series of metallic rings sewn to a fabric or leather foundation, assumed by the Victorians to have been used in the Middle Ages, but now generally thought not to have existed historically.
Similar: ring armour, ring armor

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@misc{ringmail_2026,
  title = {ringmail},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ringmail},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}