chain mail

English

Mail

Etymology 1

From mail.

Noun

chain mail (uncountable)

1. A flexible defensive armor, made of a mesh of interlinked metal rings.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11,

     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.

Synonyms

• (armor): mail

Translations

Armor

• Czech: kroužkové brnění n, kroužková zbroj f
• Danish: ringbrynje c
• Dutch: maliënkolder m
• Finnish: silmukkapanssari, rengashaarniska
• French: cotte de mailles (fr) f
• Hungarian: páncéling (hu)
• Italian: cotta di maglia (it) f

• Latin: donec posuere n, armorum n
• Macedonian: верижница f (verížnica)
• Norwegian: ringbrynje c
• Persian: زره (fa) (zereh)
• Portuguese: cota de malha
• Russian: кольчуга (ru) f (kol'čúga)
• Serbo-Croatian: , верижњача f (verižnjača)
• Swedish: ringbrynja c

Etymology 2

From mail.

Noun

chain mail (uncountable)

1. Chain letters, taken collectively.

See also

• Mail (armour) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Mail (armour)