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disˈmail, v. arch.
[a. OF. desmaille-r, f. des-, dis- 4 + maille mail, armour; cf. It. dismagliare, obs. Sp. desmallar.]
trans. To divest of mail or armour; to break or strip the mail off.
c1450Merlin 207 Thei perced haubrekes, and dismailed, and many ther were throwen to grounde. 1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 69 Hys helme was desmaylled & broken. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. vi. 29 Their mightie strokes their haberjeons dismayld. 1848J. A. Carlyle tr. Dante's Inferno 353 O thou..who with thy fingers dismailest thyself. |