chain armor

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The next moment the ram butted into the Brooklyn's starboard gangway; but she was so effectually protected by chain armor that the Manassas glanced off and disappeared in the darkness.

From Elsie at Viamede by Finley, Martha

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

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas

Icicles hung about my face, and my clothes were as stiff as chain armor.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various

Prominent among the worshippers are seen side by side the cerulean figure of the khan, and the colonel in all the bravery of his military trappings, his chain armor glistening brightly in the waning sunlight.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

He would wear his khaki like chain armor.

From The Gay Cockade by Bailey, Temple