coat of mail

Swung by the strong arms of the Alpine herdsmen it would cleave helmet, shield, or coat-of-mail,66 like pasteboard.

Then Dick held up the coat-of-mail, and the helmet, and the two-handed sword.

It was an early term for short coats, jackets, and a sort of coat-of-mail or defensive lorica, or upper garment.

Thomas by his last will bequeathed the sword and coat-of-mail of this worthy to his son.