chain armor

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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 they refused, for they recognized the chain armor.

From The Adventures of Kathlyn by MacGrath, Harold

A suit of chain armor worn by one of the Sultans of olden times is ornamented with gold and diamonds.

From A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise by Jacob, Robert Urie

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

The troops crammed every street, were stationed too in the neighboring villages; and what a variety of horses, arms, uniforms, plumes, chain armor, and steel caps,--uniforms of various provinces!

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk