ringmail

A type of personal armour constructed as series of metallic rings sewn to a fabric or leather foundation, assumed by the Victorians to have been used in the Middle Ages, but now generally thought not to have existed historically.

Etymology

From ring + mail.

ring armour

chain maille

chain shirt

chain armour

loriguero

kolczuga

Schießjoppe

Kettenrüstung

Kettenhemd, Ringpanzerhemd

malla de anillos

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