chain mail
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Chain mail is formed by a number of iron rings, each ring having four others inserted into it, the whole exhibiting a kind of net work, with circular meshes, every ring separately rivetted; this kind of mail answers to that worn on the ancient breast plates, whence they were denominated loricæ hammatæ, from the rings being hooked together."
- "A few broken broadswords, a helmet and a couple of chain mails preserved in museums are all the relics of those far-off times."
- "Chain mails were also sometimes attached to the back of Viking helmets to protect the neck."
- "They wore chain mails over simple brown tunics, war paint still covered their faces in simple streaks, and their long dark hair hung in pony-tails that wrapped about their shoulders or hung down their backs."