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chain mail en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

chain + mail; attested since the 1780s.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) A flexible defensive armor, made of a mesh of interlinked metal rings.
    • Chain mails were also sometimes attached to the back of Viking helmets to protect the neck. 2004, Step into the World of… The Vikings, Bath: Grandreams Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 14:
    • 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. 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11:
    • A few broken broadswords, a helmet and a couple of chain mails preserved in museums are all the relics of those far-off times. 1947, Sergei Eisenstein, translated by X. Danko, edited by G. Ivanov-Mumjiev, compiled by R. Yurenev, Notes of a Film Director, Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, page 36:
    • They wore chain mails over simple brown tunics, war paint still covered their faces in simple streaks, and their long dark hair hung in pony-tails that wrapped about their shoulders or hung down their backs. 2014, Saul Rip, The Rise of Shendoa (The Underworld Legacy Series), San Clemente, Calif.: Sourced Media Books, →ISBN, page 191:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chain mails Number=Plur lexicographic
chainmail alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

plate mail (armor) · scale mail (armor)

Hyponyms

coif

Synonyms

armor

Translations (50)

nb ringbrynje (a flexible defensive armor) · ja 鎖帷子 (a flexible defensive armor) · ca cota de malla (a flexible defensive armor) · my သံချပ် (a flexible defensive armor) · cs kroužkové brnění (a flexible defensive armor) · eo maŝkiraso (a flexible defensive armor) · cs kroužková zbroj (a flexible defensive armor) · fi silmukkapanssari (a flexible defensive armor) · sq thurak (a flexible defensive armor) · uk кольчу́га (a flexible defensive armor) · sv ringbrynja (a flexible defensive armor) · da ringbrynje (a flexible defensive armor) · gl cota (a flexible defensive armor) · nn brynje (a flexible defensive armor) · sh verižnjača (a flexible defensive armor) · de Kettenpanzer (a flexible defensive armor) · ca cota de malles (a flexible defensive armor) · ka თორი (a flexible defensive armor) · sh верижњача (a flexible defensive armor) · la armorum (a flexible defensive armor) · ar زَرَد (a flexible defensive armor) · it cotta di maglia (a flexible defensive armor) · alt куйак (a flexible defensive armor) · pl kolczuga (a flexible defensive armor) · la donec posuere (a flexible defensive armor) · mk панцирна кошула (a flexible defensive armor) · ang hlenċa (a flexible defensive armor) · ba һайман (a flexible defensive armor) · nn ringbrynje (a flexible defensive armor) · izh rautapaita (a flexible defensive armor) · sh lančana košulja (a flexible defensive armor) · ko 쇄자갑 (a flexible defensive armor) · es cota de malla (a flexible defensive armor) · hu páncéling (a flexible defensive armor) · fr cotte de mailles (a flexible defensive armor) · ug қуяқ (a flexible defensive armor) · ba тимер күлдәк (a flexible defensive armor) · fa زره (a flexible defensive armor) · sty ҡуйаҡ (a flexible defensive armor) · de Kettenrüstung (a flexible defensive armor) · mk вери́жница (a flexible defensive armor) · hy օղազրահ (a flexible defensive armor) · alt кӧӧ (a flexible defensive armor) · pt cota de malha (a flexible defensive armor) · ru кольчу́га (a flexible defensive armor) · tr örme zincir (a flexible defensive armor) · el αλυσιδωτή πανοπλία (a flexible defensive armor) · fi rengashaarniska (a flexible defensive armor) · cmn 鎖子甲 /锁子甲 (a flexible defensive armor) · nl maliënkolder (a flexible defensive armor)

chain mail en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From mail.

Meanings

  1. (collective, countable, sometimes, uncountable) A chain letter.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chain mails Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

sh forvarduša (chain letters collectively) · fi ketjukirjeet (chain letters collectively)