chain armor

Example Sentences

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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)

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

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)

The enemy leaped as if the long-expected bullet had indeed pierced his chain armor; for the stone, perhaps the tiniest in Democracy's fort, had neatly nipped his stiff back.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various

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