chainmail

Armor made from small metal rings linked together into a mesh. Also known as simply "mail" or "maille."

European garments made with mail are leggings (chausses), mail hoods (coif) and mail mittens (mitons). A mail collar hanging from a helmet is camail or aventail. A mail collar worn strapped around the neck was called a pixane or standard. A shirt made from mail is a hauberk if knee-length and a haubergeon if mid-thigh length.

Japanese chainmail is called kusari (鎖, lit. "chain") and was used extensively alongside the more distinctive and better known lamellar armors.

Examples

See also

• List of armor

External links

• Wikipedia: Chain mail

The following tags are aliased to this tag: mail_armor (learn more).

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