Meanings
nounscalemail (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of scale mail.
He wore a shirt of scalemail, long leather trousers, and low shoes.
1958 May, L[yon] Sprague de Camp, “Aristotle and the Gun”, in Astounding Science Fiction, British edition, volume XIV, number 5, London: Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., page 792 more examples
The sharp talons raked straight through the scalemail down the back of her left arm and snapped her bow in two.
2006, Blake Garrett Anderson, The Dragonheroes (The Birth of Terralax; 1), [Bradenton, Fla.]: Booklocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 355Platemail was too heavy and restricting, while most of the scalemail and chainmail was too rusted to move, not to mention the brown streaks it left across his skin.
2015, Jay Erickson, Blood Wizard Chronicles: Pariah, La Porte, Ind.: Halsbren Publishing, LLC, →ISBN, page 316
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