Meanings
nouncoat of mail (plural coats of mail)
plural coats of mail
- historicalA defensive garment made of metal scales or interlinked metal rings.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounarmor that protects the wearer's whole body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchcotte de mailles
- Englishcoat of mail
Calque of French cotte de mailles.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic زَرَد
- زَرَد (zarad)defensive garment
Chinese Mandarin 鎖子鎧甲 /锁子铠甲
- 鎖子鎧甲 /锁子铠甲 (suǒzi kǎijiǎ)defensive garment
Danish ringbrynje
- ringbrynjedefensive garment
Finnish rengaspanssaripaita
- rengaspanssaripaitadefensive garment
French cotte de mailles
- cotte de maillesdefensive garment
German Kettenpanzer, Kettenhemd
- Kettenpanzerdefensive garment
- Kettenhemddefensive garment
Indonesian zirah
- zirahdefensive garment
Italian cotta di maglia
- cotta di magliadefensive garment
Latin sūta, cataphracta
- sūtadefensive garment
- cataphractadefensive garment
Norwegian Bokmål ringbrynje
- ringbrynjedefensive garment
Persian زره
- زره (zere)defensive garment
Polish kolczuga
- kolczugadefensive garment
Portuguese cota de malha
- cota de malhadefensive garment
Spanish cota de malla
- cota de malladefensive garment
Swedish ringbrynja
- ringbrynjadefensive garment
Tamil போர்வை, கவசம்
- போர்வை (pōrvai)defensive garment
- கவசம் (kavacam)defensive garment
Ukrainian кольчу́га
- кольчу́га (kolʹčúha)defensive garment
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APA
coat of mail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20of%20mail
MLA
“coat of mail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20of%20mail. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coat of mail,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20of%20mail.
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