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ringmail

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Etymology edit

From ring +‎ mail.

Noun edit

ringmail (usually uncountable, plural ringmails)

  1. (now chiefly fantasy) 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: ring armour, ring armor

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