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Meanings of chain armor in English

Portuguese
cota de malha
Catalan
cota de malla
Spanish
cota de malla

(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings.

      cota de malha
      Usage of chain armor in English
      1
      I should like to have seen Tristram in gold chain armor.
      The Reason Why
      2
      Icicles hung about my face, and my clothes were as stiff as chain armor.
      McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896
      3
      But they refused, for they recognized the chain armor.
      The Adventures of Kathlyn
      4
      I should think men would prefer chain armor.
      Divide and Rule
      5
      He would wear his khaki like chain armor.
      The Gay Cockade
      6
      A slim woman in chain armor entered the room, and for a half-second Dougal's heart stopped.
      Guild wars: ghosts of ascalon
      7
      Elven knights in silvery chain armor stood stiffly around the room; a few held hawks or even tiny dragons.
      The iron king
      8
      The prig wears chain armor outside, and runs at you with his lance when he catches a glimpse of you.
      Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge ...
      9
      The one that I wore in those days showed the bells and ribands of the harlequin, but there was chain armor underneath.
      Montlivet
      10
      The red light flashed into the room, and in the doorway stood a tall, thin figure clad from head to foot in glittering chain armor.
      Otto of the Silver Hand
      11
      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.
      Otto of the Silver Hand
      12
      Arthur wore his chain armor under his shirt, and it was not till you closed with him that you felt how sharp his dagger was.
      Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge ...
      13
      "I shall order a suit of chain armor at once."
      The Vision Splendid
      Translations for chain armor