mail
noun
[ meɪl ]
• letters and parcels sent by post.
• "I did not receive any mail"
mail
verb
• send (a letter or parcel) by post.
• "three editions were mailed to our members"
Similar:
send,
send by mail,
dispatch,
direct,
forward,
remit,
transmit,
email,
airmail,
post,
send by post,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘travelling bag’): from Old French male ‘wallet’, of West Germanic origin. The notion ‘by post’ dates from the mid 17th century.
mail
noun
• armour made of metal rings or plates joined together flexibly.
• "a coat of mail"
Origin:
Middle English (also denoting the individual metal elements composing mail armour): from Old French maille, from Latin macula ‘spot or mesh’.
