coat of mail
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coat of mail
1480–90; parallel to French cotte de mailles
Example Sentences
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“Look at the amazing workmanship on this,” Mr. Garly said, fingering the interlocking metal rings on a coat of mail.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2015
When he lowered the helmet's visor it stuck and he had to be extricated; but the coat of mail he wore the whole day and would not even take it off for dinner.
From Time Magazine Archive
The deathsman sold me a black coat of mail, a beaked helmet and a dead spear .
From Time Magazine Archive
The self-absorption in which he is wrapped seems to act as a coat of mail when the going is roughest.
From Time Magazine Archive
His coat of mail hung lose from his stooping shoulders.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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