chainmail

plural chainmails

1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative spelling of chain mail.

   Therefore they associate their protective chainmail with safety.

   1976, Alan Bold, editor, Cambridge Book of English Verse: 1939-1975, CUP Archive, page 226

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   Chainmail gloves provide a significantly higher level of protection against mechanically driven blades than other products investigated.

   1997, Jeffrey O. Stull, Performance of Protective Clothing, volume 6, ASTM International, page 138

   They swung dark blue, serrated swords that hooked into fang-like curves, and a fine mesh of chainmails that rattled around their waists.

   2000, Dan Abnett, Nik Vincent, James Wallis, “A Wolf in the Fold”, in Hammers of Ulric (A Warhammer Novel), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Black Library, →ISBN, page 93