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Chain armor

noun

(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings. Synonyms: chain armour, chain mail, mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail.

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"Chain armor" Quotes from Famous Books

... interests of those around us that we do not sympathize with them in their sufferings, we shut ourselves out from sharing their happiness, and lose far more than we gain. If we avoid sympathy and wrap ourselves round in a cold chain armor of selfishness, we exclude ourselves from many of the greatest and purest joys of life. To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also ...

— The Pleasures of Life • Sir John Lubbock