Science Fair Project Dictionary
Chain mail
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English
Noun
- (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.
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Translations
- Dutch: maliënkolder m
- Finnish: ketjupaita , ketjuhaarniska
See also
- Wikipedia article on chain mail
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