ringmail

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

hauberk

chain letter

chainmail

mail

ring armour

chain maille

chain shirt

chain armour

maille

Translations

cotte de mailles

cota de malla

loriguero

Schießjoppe

Kettenrüstung

Kettenhemd, Ringpanzerhemd

haubert

broigne

cotta di maglia

giaco

maliënkolder

cota de malha

زردية

malla de anillos

Etymology

From ring + mail.