MAIL

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 27
(Fr. maille.) A small piece of metal or money, but used collectively to defensive armour formed of iron rings or round meshes. See Hauberk. Mail, signified originally the bag which contains letters forwarded by government for the public convenience; but it was soon afterwards extended to the letters themselves, and it is now used also for the conveyance in which they are forwarded. See Post Office. MAILS, or [s. 711]
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