CHAIN MAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chain mail mean? 

• CHAIN MAIL (noun)
  The noun CHAIN MAIL has 1 sense:

1. (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

  Familiarity information: CHAIN MAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAIN MAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chain armor; chain armour; chain mail; mail; ring armor; ring armour; ring mail

Hypernyms ("chain mail" is a kind of...):

body armor; body armour; cataphract; coat of mail; suit of armor; suit of armour (armor that protects the wearer's whole body)

Domain category:

Dark Ages; Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chain mail"):

brigandine (a medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or cloth)

habergeon ((Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk)

byrnie; hauberk (a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor)

gusset; voider (a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate)

 Context examples 

Chain mail, or an American football suit—that's what you'll want.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then three spare cords should be carried for each bow, with a great store of arrow-heads, besides the brigandines of chain mail, the wadded steel caps, and the brassarts or arm-guards, which were the proper equipment of the archer.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)