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# A kind of mail (armour for the torso) made of overlapping metal plates, resembling the scales of a fish.
 
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{{also|scalemail}}
==English==
==English==
[[File:Roman_scale_armour_detail.JPG|right|thumb|Roman scale mail.]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|scalemail}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|sg=[[scale]] [[mail]]}}
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# {{lb|en|academically obsolete|now|fiction|fantasy}} [[scale armor|Scale armor]].
# A kind of [[mail]] ([[armour]] for the [[torso]]) made of overlapping metal plates, resembling the [[scale]]s of a fish.

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aaceillms|Escamilla|camellias}}

[[Category:en:Armor]]

Latest revision as of 22:31, 16 May 2024

See also: scalemail

English

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Roman scale mail.

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Noun

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scale mail (countable and uncountable, plural scale mails)

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  1. (academically obsolete, now fiction, fantasy) Scale armor.

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