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Coat of mail   /koʊt əv meɪl/   Listen
noun
Coat  n.  
1.
An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men. "Let each His adamantine coat gird well."
2.
A petticoat. (Obs.) "A child in coats."
3.
The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth. "Men of his coat should be minding their prayers." "She was sought by spirits of richest coat."
4.
An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek. "Fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell."
5.
A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.
6.
Same as Coat of arms. See below. "Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, Or tear the lions out of England's coat."
7.
A coat card. See below. (Obs.) "Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived."
Coat armor. See under Armor.
Coat of arms (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together.
Coat card, a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. "'I am a coat card indeed.' 'Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'"
Coat link, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat.
Coat of mail, a defensive garment of chain mail. See Chain mail, under Chain.
Mast coat (Naut.), a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting below.
Sail coat (Naut.), a canvas cover laced over furled sails, and the like, to keep them dry and clean.


Mail  n.  
1.
A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.
Chain mail, Coat of mail. See under Chain, and Coat.
2.
Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
3.
(Naut.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
4.
(Zool.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc. "We... strip the lobster of his scarlet mail."





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... the convent, to have lived for many years as hermits in two small adjoining caves upon the mountain of Moses. In order to remain inseparable in this world, they bound two of their legs together with an iron chain, part of which, with a small piece of a coat of mail, which they wore under their cloaks, is still preserved. No one could tell me their names, nor the period at which ...
— Travels in Syria and the Holy Land • John Burckhardt
... exactly twenty-four hours to strip the shirt off the diplomacy of Europe and show the coat of mail underneath. ...
— Kings, Queens And Pawns - An American Woman at the Front • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... Sudra order.' And for that curse Dharma was born a Sudra in the form of the learned Vidura of pure body who was perfectly sinless. And the Suta was born of Kunti in her maidenhood through Surya. And he came out of his mother's womb with a natural coat of mail and face brightened by ear- rings. And Vishnu himself, of world-wide fame, and worshipped of all the worlds, was born of Devaki through Vasudeva, for the benefit of the three worlds. He is without birth and death, of radiant splendour, the Creator of the universe and the Lord of all! Indeed, ...
— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - Translated into English Prose - Adi Parva (First Parva, or First Book) • Kisari Mohan Ganguli (Translator)
... curious orders—the Hospitalers, the Templars, and the Teutonic Knights—which combined the dominant interests of the time, those of the monk and the soldier. They permitted a man to be both at once; the knight might wear a monkish cowl over his coat of mail. The Hospitalers grew out of a monastic association that was formed before the First Crusade for the succor of the poor and sick among the pilgrims. Later the society admitted noble knights to its membership and became a military order, while continuing its care for the sick. This ...
— An Introduction to the History of Western Europe • James Harvey Robinson
... thrown The jewelled chain which graced his own. And garlands of delicious scent About his limbs for ornament. Around his arms gay bracelets clung, And pendants in his ears were hung. Adorned with gold, about his waist His coat of mail was firmly braced, And like Narayan(975) or the God Who rules the sky he proudly trod. Behind him went a mighty throng Of giant warriors tall and strong, On elephants of noblest breeds. With cars, with camels, and with steeds: And, armed with spear and axe ...
— The Ramayana • VALMIKI


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