mailed

新渡戸稲造の武士道を読んでいます。BENEVOLENCE, THE FEELING OF DISTRESSの章から引用します。

His master, undaunted by the crude sentiment, continued to encourage the youth, until one day the music of his soul was awakened to respond to the sweet notes of the uguisu, and he wrote
Stands the warrior, mailed and strong,
To hear the uguisu’s song,
Warbled sweet the trees among.”

"mailed" の "mail" は日本語にもなっているメールの意味ではなく、以前にも取り上げた記憶はありますが、意味が思いだせません。 "mail" の意味を辞書で確認します。

・Collins Dictionary: (verb) to cover or protect with or as with mail; (noun) flexible body armor made of small, overlapping metal rings, loops of chain, or scales

前回（11/22/2013）は "mailed fist" の表現に会った時に "mail" の意味を調べていました。