chain armor

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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

Then there is a spirited statuette of a Tartar warrior in chain armor sharply pulling back his steed, and a graceful figure of a lady wearing the riding-dress of 1830.

From The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890 by Various

"They were giants, in chain armor," said he.

From A Perilous Secret by Reade, Charles

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

Icicles hung about my face, and my clothes were as stiff as chain armor.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various