Formerly, the clothing of the legs and feet and of the body below the waist.
In medieval armor, the defensive covering of the legs, used before the introduction of cuisses and leg-pieces of plate-armor.
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noun plural.
The garment for the legs and feet and for the body below the waist, worn in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; applied also to the armor for the same parts, when fixible, as of chain mail.
Word Usage
"Mail leggings are called chausses, mail hoods coif and mail mittens mitons."