mailed

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From mail (send by post).

Verb

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mailed

  1. simple past and past participle of mail

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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mailed (comparative more mailed, superlative most mailed)

  1. Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.
    • 1843, Charles Knight, London, volumes 5-6, page 38:
      [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.
  2. (rare) Resembling the scales of armor.
    • 1888, Frederick Albion Ober, A Boy's Adventures in the West Indies, page 169:
      [] from blossom of lime to perfumed bloom of acacia — darts the humming-bird, his coat of mailed feathers glowing like a gem.
Derived terms
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Verb

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mailed

  1. simple past and past participle of mail
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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Adjective

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mailed

  1. Alternative form of mayled