chain mail

noun

: flexible armor of interlinked metal rings

Examples of chain mail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For Holiday this was recent history, to us as distant as chain mail and apothecaries. Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024 Nothing short of chain mail seems to stop the barbs, but wrapping heavy metal around your feet would drastically increase the risk of drowning. Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024 Some of them use candles or tarot cards, ask you to click on a sound, or promise results in hours or minutes (sounding not unlike chain mail from the 2000s). Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024 Maximilian Davis of Ferragamo put the model Anok Yai in slinky chocolate-brown chain mail. Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for chain mail 

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Word History

First Known Use

1783, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chain mail was in 1783

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“Chain mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chain%20mail. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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