chain armor

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They lived in the pine-trees, and were fine strong fellows, with little cones on their heads, pine needles for swords, and the handsome russet scales for chain armor.

From Lulu's Library, Volume II by Alcott, Louisa May

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

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

At the head of them was a tall, slender knight clad in light chain armor, his head covered only by a steel cap or bascinet.

From Otto of the Silver Hand by Pyle, Howard

Prominent among the worshippers are seen side by side the cerulean figure of the khan, and the colonel in all the bravery of his military trappings, his chain armor glistening brightly in the waning sunlight.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas