mascle

Meaning

Noun

A lozenge-shaped piece of metal, used in making scale mail.
A lozenge with a smaller lozenge-shaped hole in the centre.

Origin

From Middle English mascle, maskel, from Old French mascle, macle, from Medieval Latin mascula, from a Germanic source (compare English mesh). mail.

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