mailed

[meyld]

adjective

1. clad or armed with mail.

   a mailed knight.

Other Word Forms

• unmailed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mailed¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; mail ², -ed ³

Example Sentences

Ash, armed with his elaborate vetting methods, puts Sarah through the paces with rules and instructions regarding burner phones, mailed packages and a detailed itinerary of seemingly random air travel.

From Los Angeles Times

Biden had the same opportunity when his administration mailed another round of checks a year later, but he decided that signing them was tacky and beneath the office of the president.

From Salon

Will recipients be required to fill out a piece of paper that needs to be mailed in or dropped off?

From Los Angeles Times

County election officials would need at least that much time to find voting locations and prepare ballots for overseas and military voters, which must be mailed 45 days before election day, one elections official said.

From Los Angeles Times

Steven Borelli is the chief executive of the athleisure clothing firm CUTS, which manufactures outside the US, shipping products to a warehouse in Mexico, from where packages are mailed to customers in the US.

From BBC