ring armor

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   (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

   Synonymschain mailring mailmailchain armorchain armourring armour

   Broaderbody armor

   Narrowerbrigandinehabergeonhauberkvoider

   Middle Ages

Questions about ring armor

What does ring armor mean?

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

What is another word for ring armor?

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

ring 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.