coat of mail

Questions about coat of mail

What does coat of mail mean?

coat of mail means "armor that protects the wearer's whole body".

What is another word for coat of mail?

Close synonyms include body armor, body armour, suit of armor, suit of armour, cataphract. 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 coat of mail a common word?

coat of 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.