Etymology

mailed

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Today it means: Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail. Full definition →

Middle English mayled
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mailed · verb1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mailed · adjective, verb2

  1. Middle English · inherited frommayled
  2. English todaymailed

From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.

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