mailed adjective. [meɪld] LME.
[from MAIL noun² + -ED².]
1. Covered with or composed of mail or plates of metal. LME.
■ Joyce With his mailed gauntlet he brushed away a furtive tear.

2. Armed with mail, mail-clad; (of a ship) ironclad. LME.
■ T. Woolner With charge of mailèd horse and showers Of steel. fig.: Guardian Accused..of being the silk glove that masks the mailed fist.

3. Of a hawk: having mail or breast-feathers (of a specified colour). Formerly also, (of a bird's plumage etc.) speckled, spotted. LME.
■ J. Josselyn The Osprey, which in this Country is white mail'd.

4. Of an animal etc.: having a skin or protective covering resembling mail-armour. LME.
■ R. Owen The ball-proof character of the skin of the largest of these mailed examples.

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