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mail-clad

mail-clad

9.9
Wearing armor made of small metal rings that protect the body
  • adjective
  • Archaic
translation icon : cubierto de malla
  • The historical reenactors wore mail-clad suits, demonstrating how knights protected themselves in combat.

Examples

  • The mail-clad knight stood bravely at the castle gates, ready to defend his home.

  • During the battle, the mail-clad soldiers moved swiftly, their armor glinting in the sunlight.

  • A dozen leather- and chain-mail-clad D'Haran soldiers, their unadorned swords sheathed, or crescent-bladed battle-axes hooked on belt hangers, crossed at an intersection just ahead.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

armor-clad
vsmail-clad
  • US
1 7.2

Covered with heavy metal plates for protection

is lighter and focuses on interlinked metal rings not heavy steel
mailed
vsmail-clad
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who wears armor made of small metal rings

is specific to interlinked metal rings rather than plates

How Armored

plate armor
  • Specialized
7.7
mail-clad
  • Archaic
9.9
unarmored
  • US
1 6.7

Surface Forms

mail-clad positive

Morphology

mail-clad = mail + clad (transparent) = mail + clad

The meaning is directly derived from the components 'mail' and 'clad', indicating someone wearing mail armor.

Etymology

Mail-clad comes from mail, an old word for a 'mesh' of linked metal rings, and clad, meaning 'covered'. Think of chainmail, where small rings join like a net, so mail-clad simply means 'covered in that metal mesh' for protection.