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ringmails

ringmails is the plural of ringmail.

Meaning of ringmail

Noun

ringmail (usually uncountable, plural ringmails)

  1. (usually) 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

Questions about ringmails

What is ringmails the plural of?
Ringmails is the plural of ringmail.

Words near ringmails in the dictionary

  1. ringlight
  2. ringlights
  3. ringlike
  4. ringling
  5. ringmail
  6. ringmails
  7. ringmaking
  8. ringman
  9. ringmaster
  10. ringmastered
  11. ringmastering

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