chain mail

noun

: flexible armor of interlinked metal rings

Examples of chain mail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In others, background actors adjust their chain mail and faux furs and clutch prop weapons, some of which are designed to explode and splatter blood on impact. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026

To prevent unnecessary scratches, don't use steel wool, wire brushes, or chain mail scrubbers on your stainless steel. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 May 2026

He's got black leather and chain mail. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026

View gallery - 5 images For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – were an ancient feature that some lineages inherited and others later lost. — New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1783, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chain mail

• airmail
• assail
• avail
• bewail
• blackmail
• cattail
• cocktail
• curtail
• derail
• detail
• dovetail
• email