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 © Cambridge University Press)

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