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mailless

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mail

2  [meyl]
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–noun
1. flexible armor of interlinked rings.
2. any flexible armor or covering, as one having a protective exterior of scales or small plates.
3. Textiles. an oval piece of metal pierced with a hole through which the warp ends are threaded, serving as an eyelet on a heddle or esp. on the harness cords of a Jacquard loom.
–verb (used with object)
4. to clothe or arm with mail.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME maille one of the rings of which armor was composed < OF < L macula spot, one of the interstices in a net; cf. macula

Related forms:
mailless, adjective
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