Mail (armour)

Mail (armour)

Mail (maille, chainmail) is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.

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    Always polite, fastidiously dressed in a linen duster and mask, he used to leave behind facetious rhymes signed “Black Bart, Po—8,” in mail and express boxes after he had finished rifling them.
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