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Word entry · 6 letters

mailed

Best crossword clue

"Sent by post"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /meɪld/Part of speech adjectiveSorted adeilmStarts with MEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
1M2A3I4L5E6D

Definitions

  1. wearing protective mail

Word origin

From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.

Used in a sentence

  • [I]n the niches, instead of the effigies of mailed warriors, stood stuffed-out dresses, such as are worn by the fashionables of the day.
  • […] from blossom of lime to perfumed bloom of acacia — darts the humming-bird, his coat of mailed feathers glowing like a gem.

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