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platemail

platemail is the alternative form of plate mail.

Meaning of plate mail

Noun

plate mail (uncountable)

  1. (academically obsolete) Brigandine.
    • Of mail there are two forts, viz. chain and plate mail. 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[…]1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature

Questions about platemail

What is platemail the alternative form of?
Platemail is the alternative form of plate mail.

Words near platemail in the dictionary

  1. plateletphereses
  2. plateletpheresis
  3. platelets
  4. platelike
  5. Platell
  6. platemail
  7. platemaker
  8. platemakers
  9. platemaking
  10. plateman
  11. platemark

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