ringmail

English

Alternative forms

• ring mail

Etymology

From ring +‎ mail.

Noun

ringmail (usually uncountable, plural ringmails)

1. (now chiefly fantasy) A type of personal armour constructed as series of metallic rings sewn to a fabric or leather foundation, assumed by the Victorians to have been used in the Middle Ages, but now generally thought not to have existed historically.

   Synonyms: ring armour, ring armor

See also

• Ring armour on Wikipedia.Wikipedia