chain mail

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   (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

   Synonymsring mailmailchain armorchain armourring armorring armour

   Broaderbody armor

   Narrowerbrigandinehabergeonhauberkvoider

   Middle Ages

Questions about chain mail

What does chain mail mean?

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

What is another word for chain mail?

Close synonyms include ring mail, mail, chain armor, 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 mail a common word?

chain mail 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.