"ringmail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ringmails [plural]
Etymology: From ring + mail. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ring|mail}} ring + mail Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Armor, Fantasy Synonyms: ring armour, ring armor, ring mail

Inflected forms

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