(MACULA), a coat of mail, so called from the French maille, which signifies a square figure, or the hole of a net: so maille de houbergons was a coat of mail, because the links or joints in it resemble the squares of a net.

Mail is likewise used for the leather bag wherein letters are carried by the post.

Action of Mails and Duties, in Scots law. See Law, p. (90), § 7, and p. (102), § 20.