ring mail
Interlocking metal armor
Ring mail is a type of armor made of metal rings sewn onto a fabric or leather backing, offering less protection than chain mail, where the rings interlock with each other.
The term appears in fantasy games and historical fiction, though historians debate whether it was ever actually used in medieval warfare.
- chainmailArmor of linked rings
- knightsTitled warriors on horseback
- Middle AgesEurope's feudal millennium
- dark agesEra of decline or stagnation
- weightMeasure of heaviness
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ring mailplate armor
Rigid metal body protection
full plate · scale armor · brigandine · padded armor · cuirass
ring mailunarmored
Lacking protective covering
plate armor · full plate · naked · cloth
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