chain armor

Example Sentences

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The coat of mail is left alone,— And where is all chain armor gone?

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas

At length, approaching the far bank, Robin espied a knight, clad in chain armor and very merry.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

When they went out to battle, they wore helmets shaped like the head of some ravenous beast, and their bodies were protected by coats of chain armor made of iron rings.

From Introductory American History by Bourne, Henry Eldridge

From a tent-pole near exit, right centre, hang helmet and a suit of chain armor.

From Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet by Dargan, Olive Tilford

Plate, vi, 43; vii, 2, solid armor, as distinguished from the coat of mail, or light chain armor.

From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Spenser, Edmund