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coat of mail
noun
- a long defensive garment made of interlinked metal rings; hauberk; byrnie.
coat of mail
noun
- a protective garment made of linked metal rings (mail) or of overlapping metal plates; hauberk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coat of mail1
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Example Sentences
Swung by the strong arms of the Alpine herdsmen it would cleave helmet, shield, or coat-of-mail,66 like pasteboard.
The chevalier in coat-of-mail had been killed in the battle of the Mansourah during the first crusade of St. Louis.
Bruce himself had more than once to fling off his coat-of-mail and scramble barefoot for very life up the crags.
Then Dick held up the coat-of-mail, and the helmet, and the two-handed sword.
Thomas by his last will bequeathed the sword and coat-of-mail of this worthy to his son.
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