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unmailed

unmailed

9.9
Not wearing metal armor made of small rings
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈmeɪld/
translation icon : sin armadura
  • The knight stood unmailed before the king, having left his armor outside the hall.

Examples

  • In the heat of summer, many soldiers preferred to remain unmailed while resting in camp.

  • Why would anyone go into combat unmailed?

  • Caught by surprise, the guards were unmailed and unable to defend themselves properly.

  • The knight was unmailed during the battle.

  • The soldier felt vulnerable and exposed, standing unmailed in the midst of the battlefield.

  • Without his armor, the warrior appeared unmailed and at the mercy of his enemies.

  • On warm days, knights often chose to ride unmailed, enjoying the freedom of movement.

Antonyms

armored
  • US
276 4.4

Protected by strong metal or thick plates to stop bullets

Surface Forms

unmailed positive

Morphology

unmailed = mailed (semi-transparent) = un + mail + ed

Compositional from 'un-' + 'mailed' where 'mail' means armour, but this sense is archaic/uncommon and may be confused with postal 'mail' by learners.

Etymology

Unmailed is made from un- 'not' and mail, the old word for chain armor like in chainmail, so it means 'not wearing armor' or 'without protective mail'.