mail: see postal service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval
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Form of body armour worn by European knights and other medieval warriors. An early form, made by sewing iron rings to fabric or leather, was worn in late Roman times and may have originated in Asia. Medieval armourers interlaced the rings, which were closed by welding or riveting. In the 8th century, mail was a short coat with a separate sleeve for the sword arm. By the Norman Conquest (1066), the coat was long and fully sleeved; a hood, usually fitting under a helmet, covered the head and neck. By the 12th century, mail was fitted to hands, feet, and legs. The addition of plates to increase chest and back protection gradually evolved in the 14th century into complete plate armour, displacing mail.
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chain mail
or mail)
Turkish coat of chain mail, 16th century
(credit: Courtesy of The John Woodman Higgins Armoury Museum)
the hard protective shell of such animals as the turtle and lobster
| (messaging) | mail - 1. electronic mail. 2. The Berkeley Unix program for composing and reading electronic mail. It normally uses sendmail to handle delivery. Unix manual page: mail(1) |
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