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coat of mail
noun
- a long defensive garment made of interlinked metal rings; hauberk; byrnie.
coat of mail
noun
- a protective garment made of linked metal rings (mail) or of overlapping metal plates; hauberk
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of coat of mail1
1480–90; parallel to French cotte de mailles
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The coats of mail, the helmets, the lances, pikes, bows and arrows were being put in order, and the great two-handed sword hung on the wall.
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One smote Frodo between the shoulders and he lurched forward with a cry, letting go his paddle: but the arrow fell back, foiled by his hidden coat of mail.
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“Look at the amazing workmanship on this,” Mr. Garly said, fingering the interlocking metal rings on a coat of mail.
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His coat of mail hung lose from his stooping shoulders.
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Crimson silk draped his hindquarters, over a coat of mail.
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