English
Image:Baidana rings.JPG|thumb|right|Mail
Noun
chain mail (uncountable)
- (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.
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#:*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: silmukkapanssari, rengashaarniska
mid
Russian: кол���га /kol'�úga/ m
See also
w:Chain mail|Wikipedia article on chain mail
Category:Armor
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