chain armor

Example Sentences

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But because the sons of Kings eat not with the outcasts, the Rana entered after, clothed in chain armor of blue steel, and having greeted him, bid him to the sight of that Treasure.

From The ninth vibration and other stories by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

But they refused, for they recognized the chain armor.

From The Adventures of Kathlyn by MacGrath, Harold

A whole suit of chain armor, Ada, that's all, and a helmet of the same under this lace scarf on my head.

From Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days by Piper, Anna W. Ford

The one that I wore in those days showed the bells and ribands of the harlequin, but there was chain armor underneath.

From Montlivet by Smith, Alice Prescott

If we avoid sympathy and wrap ourselves round in a cold chain armor of selfishness, we exclude ourselves from many of the greatest and purest joys of life.

From The Pleasures of Life by Lubbock, John, Sir