chain mail
noun [U] (also mail)Definition
› small metal rings that have been joined together to look like cloth. It was used in the past to protect the body of a soldier from injury when fighting.Arms and munitions in general
(Definition of chain mail noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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