mailed

M3A1I1L1E1D2
/meɪld/[meɪɫd]

adjective

Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.

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Meanings

mailed1

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of mail (“send by post”)

mailed2

adjectivemailed (comparative more mailed, superlative most mailed)

comparative more mailed · superlative most mailed

  1. Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.

    [I]n the niches, instead of the effigies of mailed warriors, stood stuffed-out dresses, such as are worn by the fashionables of the day.

    1843, Charles Knight, London, volumes 5-6, page 38
  2. rareResembling the scales of armor.

    […] from blossom of lime to perfumed bloom of acacia — darts the humming-bird, his coat of mailed feathers glowing like a gem.

    1888, Frederick Albion Ober, A Boy's Adventures in the West Indies, page 169
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of mail

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivewearing protective mail

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Origin

mailed · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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mailed · adjective, verb

  1. Middle Englishmayled
  2. Englishmailed

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

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