Mail, n. [F. maille, OF. also maaille, LL. medalia. See Medal.] 1. A
small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the
time of Henry V. [Obs.] [Written also maile, and maille.]
2. Rent; tribute. [Obs., except in certain compounds and phrases, as
blackmail, mails and duties, etc.]
Mail and duties (Scots Law), the rents of an estate, in whatever form
paid.
Mail, n. [OE. maile, maille, F. maille a ring of mail, mesh, network, a
coat of mail, fr. L. macula spot, a mesh of a net. Cf. Macle, Macula,
Mascle.] 1. A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was
used especially for defensive armor. Chaucer.
Chain mail, Coat of mail. See under Chain, and Coat.