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[ noun ]
armor that protects the wearer's whole body
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Mail \Mail\ (m[=a]l), n. [OE. maile, maille, F. maille a ring of
mail, mesh, network, a coat of mail, fr. L. macula spot, a
mesh of a net. Cf. {Macle}, {Macula}, {Mascle}.]
1. A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was
used especially for defensive armor. --Chaucer.

{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. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
--Gay.


Coat \Coat\ (k[=o]t; 110), n. [OF. cote, F. cotte, petticoat,
cotte d'armes coat of arms, cotte de mailles coat of mail,
LL. cota, cotta, tunic, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG.
chozzo coarse mantle, G. klotze, D. kot, hut, E. cot. Cf.
{Cot} a hut.]
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. --Milton.

2. A petticoat. [Obs.] ``A child in coats.'' --Locke.

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.
--Swift.

She was sought by spirits of richest coat. --Shak.

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.
--Milton.

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. --Shak.

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.
--Massinger.

{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.''' --Rowley.

{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.