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chain mail
noun
Armor.
mail
2
(
def 1
)
.
Origin:
1815–25
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chain mail
—
n
another term for
mail
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
chain mail
1822, in Scott, from
chain
+
mail
(2). Before that, mail alone sufficed.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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