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coat of mail

coat of mail noun: a defensive garment made of metal scales or interlinked metal rings.

Noun

coat of mail (plural coats of mail)

  1. (historical) A defensive garment made of metal scales or interlinked metal rings.

coat of mail meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Sanskrit

coat of mail in Hindi

coat of mail; armour
जोशन jośan

coat of mail in Tamil

defensive garment
போர்வை pōrvai, கவசம் kavacam

coat of mail in Bengali

coat of mail, metal cover to protect the upper part of the body, especially, shoulder of a soldier
অংসত্র oṅśotro

coat of mail in Sanskrit

coat of mail, armour
कवच kávaca
More languagesFewer languages
coat of mail in Arabic
زَرَد zarad
coat of mail in Indonesian
zirah
coat of mail in Persian
زره zere

Forms of coat of mail

pluralcoats of mail

Origin of coat of mail

Calque of French cotte de mailles.

Questions about coat of mail

What does coat of mail mean?
Coat of mail means a defensive garment made of metal scales or interlinked metal rings.
What is coat of mail in Hindi?
Coat of mail in Hindi is जोशन (jośan). See Coat of mail meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is coat of mail?
Coat of mail is a noun.
What is the plural of coat of mail?
The plural of coat of mail is coats of mail.

Words near coat of mail in the dictionary

  1. coat link
  2. coat links
  3. coat money
  4. coat moneys
  5. coat of arms
  6. coat of mail
  7. coat rack
  8. coat racks
  9. coat stand
  10. coat stands
  11. coat trailing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coat of mail (page history and authors); जोशन (Hindi) (page history and authors); অংসত্র (Bengali) (page history and authors); कवच (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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