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Mail (armour)
Mail (chain mail,〔("chain mail" Cambridge dictionaries online )〕 maille) is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.
==History==
The earliest example of mail was found in a Dacian chieftain's burial located in Ciumești, Romania.〔Rusu, M., "Das Keltische Fürstengrab von Ciumeşti in Rumänien", Germania 50, 1969, pp. 267–269〕 Its invention is commonly credited to the Celts,〔(''The ancient world'', Richard A. Gabriel, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007 P.79 )〕 but there are examples of Etruscan pattern mail dating from at least the 4th century BC.〔Oriental Armour, H. Russell Robinson, 1967 Walker and Co., New York, pp. 11-12〕〔Catalogue of the Exhibition of Ancient Helmets and Examples of Mail, William Burgess & Baron De Cosson〕〔Stone, G.C. (1934): A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms And Armor in All Countries and in All Times, Dover Publications, New York〕 Mail may have been inspired by the much earlier scale armour.〔Philip Sidnell, (''Warhorse: Cavalry in Ancient Warfare'' ), Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006 ISBN 1-85285-374-3, p.159〕〔Robert E. Krebs, Carolyn A. Krebs, (''Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Ancient World'' ), Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003 ISBN 0-313-31342-3, p.309〕 Mail spread to North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, India, Tibet, South East Asia, and Japan.
Mail continues to be used in the 21st century as a component of stab-resistant body armour, cut-resistant gloves for butchers and woodworkers, shark-resistant wetsuits for defense against shark bites, and a number of other applications.
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