mailed
adjective
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Pronunciation: /meɪld/ / [meɪɫd]
adj
Etymology: From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.
- Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.
“[I]n the niches, instead of the effigies of mailed warriors, stood stuffed-out dresses, such as are worn by the fashionables of the day.”
- Resembling the scales of armor.
“[…] from blossom of lime to perfumed bloom of acacia — darts the humming-bird, his coat of mailed feathers glowing like a gem.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.
- simple past and past participle of mail