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Coat of mail

noun

Armor that protects the wearer's whole body. Synonyms: body armor, body armour, cataphract, suit of armor, suit of armour.

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"Coat of mail" Quotes from Famous Books

... wardrobe consisted of Kentucky jean trousers, boots, straw hats, two shirts, and jean hunting shirts—all thin, to be sure, but warm and comfortable enough for a day's hunt. We trudged about until noon, firing but once, and then at an alligator in a bayou, whose coat of mail laughed to scorn our puny bullets, and, barely flirting his horny tail in contempt, he slid from his perch back into the greasy and turbid stream. Seating ourselves upon a dead cotton-wood, we made a slight repast upon ...

— The Humors of Falconbridge - A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes • Jonathan F. Kelley

... off this coat of mail! The God of Love Fears to approach a bosom clad in steel. Oh, be a woman, thou ...

— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller

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