# mailed

Pronunciation: say "MAYLD" /meɪld/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of mail. — simple past and past participle of mail
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of mail. Use this form for sending something by mail that already happened.
   - _The clerk mailed the refund check after processing the claim._
   - _Every notice has been mailed to residents along the affected route._

## Adjective

2. Armored in, protected by, or made of mail: flexible defensive armor formed from interlinked metal rings.
   - Simple: Covered or made with armor formed from small metal rings linked together.
   - _The mailed knight dismounted before the castle gate._
   - _Rows of mailed soldiers advanced steadily across the open field._

## Adjective

3. Having an appearance that resembles the overlapping scales of armor. *(rare)*
   - Simple: Looking like the rows of small overlapping plates on a suit of armor.
   - _The fish was covered in a mailed pattern of overlapping scales._
   - _The sculptor gave the dragon a mailed hide of interlocking ridges._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — Formed from the verb "mail," meaning to send by post.
**Meanings 2–3** — From Middle English "mayled," equivalent to "mail" (chainmail, or a spot on a bird's feather) plus the suffix "-ed."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mailed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).