scalemail

See also: scale mail

English

Noun

scalemail (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of scale mail.
   • 1958 May, L[yon] Sprague de Camp, “Aristotle and the Gun”, in Astounding Science Fiction, British edition, volume XIV, number 5, London: Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., page 79:

     He wore a shirt of scalemail, long leather trousers, and low shoes.

   • 2006, Blake Garrett Anderson, The Dragonheroes (The Birth of Terralax; 1), [Bradenton, Fla.]: Booklocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 355:

     The sharp talons raked straight through the scalemail down the back of her left arm and snapped her bow in two.

   • 2015, Jay Erickson, Blood Wizard Chronicles: Pariah, La Porte, Ind.: Halsbren Publishing, LLC, →ISBN, page 316:

     Platemail was too heavy and restricting, while most of the scalemail and chainmail was too rusted to move, not to mention the brown streaks it left across his skin.