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Coat of mail   /koʊt əv meɪl/   Listen
Coat of mail

noun
1.
Armor that protects the wearer's whole body.  Synonyms: body armor, body armour, cataphract, suit of armor, suit of armour.






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"Coat of mail" Quotes from Famous Books



... wardrobe consisted of Kentucky jean trousers, boots, straw hats, two shirts, and jean hunting shirts—all thin, to be sure, but warm and comfortable enough for a day's hunt. We trudged about until noon, firing but once, and then at an alligator in a bayou, whose coat of mail laughed to scorn our puny bullets, and, barely flirting his horny tail in contempt, he slid from his perch back into the greasy and turbid stream. Seating ourselves upon a dead cotton-wood, we made a slight repast upon ...
— The Humors of Falconbridge - A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes • Jonathan F. Kelley

... off this coat of mail! The God of Love Fears to approach a bosom clad in steel. Oh, be a woman, thou ...
— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller



Words linked to "Coat of mail" :   egis, cuisse, palette, greave, corselet, ring mail, upper cannon, metal glove, cubitiere, chain armour, aegis, suit of armour, gorget, nosepiece, epauliere, tasset, lower cannon, cataphract, corslet, body armour, gantlet, cannon, basinet, mail, armet, helmet, solleret, gauntlet, brassard, chain mail, chain armor, armor, skirt of tasses, pallette, ring armour, roundel, armour, cuirass, jambeau, sabaton, tuille, gusset, fauld, bulletproof vest, body armor, knee piece, casque, voider, tasse, breastplate, vambrace, rerebrace, ring armor



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