chain mail

noun

: flexible armor of interlinked metal rings

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Tantalizing, towering heels were embellished with silver chain mail and other metal pieces found at Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. Hanna McNeila, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025 Anna Molinari, a 27-year-old designer based in New York City, makes skirts from plastic bags and decorative chain mail from soda can tabs. Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025 Chappell Roan’s medieval chain mail ensemble last year. Justine Goode, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2025 Lively, 38, wore a completely see-through brown chain mail top paired with a matching chocolate brown pleated skirt and blazer. Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chain mail

Word History

First Known Use

1783, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chain mail was in 1783

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“Chain mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chain%20mail. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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