coat of mail

noun

1. a long defensive garment made of interlinked metal rings; hauberk; byrnie.

coat of mail

noun

1. a protective garment made of linked metal rings (mail) or of overlapping metal plates; hauberk

Word History and Origins

Origin of coat of mail¹

1480–90; parallel to French cotte de mailles

Example Sentences

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

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The chevalier in coat-of-mail had been killed in the battle of the Mansourah during the first crusade of St. Louis.

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Bruce himself had more than once to fling off his coat-of-mail and scramble barefoot for very life up the crags.

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

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

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