chain armor

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   (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

   Synonymschain mailring mailmailchain armourring armorring armour

   Broaderbody armor

   Narrowerbrigandinehabergeonhauberkvoider

   Middle Ages

Questions about chain armor

What does chain armor mean?

chain armor means "(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings".

What is another word for chain armor?

Close synonyms include chain mail, ring mail, mail, chain armour, ring armor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chain armor a common word?

chain armor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.