Chain mail

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 See also

English

Noun

chain mail (uncountable)

1. (Armor) A flexible fabric made of interlinked metal rings interlinked, used as defensive armor. The use of "mail" alone is generally considered the more correct term in current scholarly usage.

   Quotations

   • 1786: 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 hammatæ , from the rings being hooked together. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11.

Translations

• Dutch: maliënkolder m
• Finnish: ketjupaita , ketjuhaarniska

See also

• Wikipedia article on chain mail