chainmail

chainmail

See also: chain mail

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Noun

chainmail (usually uncountable, plural chainmails)

  1. Alternative spelling of chain mail.
    • 1976, Alan Bold, editor, Cambridge Book of English Verse: 1939-1975, CUP Archive, page 226:
      Therefore they associate their protective chainmail with safety.
    • 1997, Jeffrey O. Stull, Performance of Protective Clothing, volume 6, ASTM International, page 138:
      Chainmail gloves provide a significantly higher level of protection against mechanically driven blades than other products investigated.
    • 2000, Dan Abnett, Nik Vincent, James Wallis, “A Wolf in the Fold”, in Hammers of Ulric (A Warhammer Novel), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Black Library, →ISBN, page 93:
      They swung dark blue, serrated swords that hooked into fang-like curves, and a fine mesh of chainmails that rattled around their waists.
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