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entermailed

, inter + mailed.
Searchable Lemmata: entermailed (ME).
Alternate Forms: entermaylid. Unique.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(adj.) Armour; made of linked rings; made in the manner of chain mail or similar.(circa 1439 ?)
1. He knowen was bi his riche haberioun; Of gold and steel it was entermaylid Heroic, Poetic. [MED Lydg.FP ((Bod 263) 6.2634) ante 1439]
c.f.: mailed
ME.
Sex: Male    Use: Military    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, ME enter (< French enter/entre 'between', < Latin inter) + mailed (q.v.).
WF: Derivation
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