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mailed

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /meɪld/ / [meɪɫd]

adj

Etymology: From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.

  1. Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.

    [I]n the niches, instead of the effigies of mailed warriors, stood stuffed-out dresses, such as are worn by the fashionables of the day.

  2. Resembling the scales of armor.

    […] from blossom of lime to perfumed bloom of acacia — darts the humming-bird, his coat of mailed feathers glowing like a gem.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.

  1. simple past and past participle of mail