mail.

Armor made of connected metal rings forming a flexible protective fabric.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• coat of mail
• mail shirt
• links of mail

On the page

Rust stained the mail beneath his borrowed surcoat.

The smith replaced the broken links of mail one at a time.

She could swim in linen, but the mail dragged at her shoulders.

Usage notes

Primary category: fantasy. An uncountable armor sense; ordinary correspondence is unrelated. Chain mail is the usual clarifying compound. Mass noun in this sense; no ordinary plural.