maglia di ferro cotto

11:23 Mar 24, 2007
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Metallurgy / Casting / historical
Italian term or phrase: maglia di ferro cotto
This is articles of armour and I know it as chain mail, but I'd feel better if I knew a precise term for "ferro cotto", to help me with "cotte" which is surcoats or hauberk or coat of mail. Annealed iron would make sense to make it soft and ductile.

Context Image book for wire industry
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4-5) Nel medioevo, l’utilizzo dei fili metallici sottili si estese alla produzione di spalline, galloni, coccarde e passamaneria e corsetti difensivi in maglia di ferro cotto (che per questa ragione sono detti cotte), diffusi in tutta Europa dalle più celebri fabbriche d’armi e d’armature del tempo, quelle di Milano (ove sono ricordate dai nomi dalle vie ove esse avevano sede, che sono dette ancora oggi degli Armorari e degli Spadari).
James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 07:45


Summary of answers provided
3coat of mail
Gloria Cabalisti


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coat of mail


Explanation:
coat of mail
n. pl. coats of mail
An armored coat made of chain mail, interlinked rings, or overlapping metal plates; a hauberk.
hope this can be useful:
Carburizing wrought iron is often referred to as case hardening and has been known to metal workers from antiquity.13 The process is to take an iron or low carbon steel bar or plate and pack it in an organic material in a sealed vessel and then bake at high temperature (a red heat) for a long period of time. The organic material supplies carbon, which leaches into the item creating steel over time. One of the best materials for this is charcoal dust.

http://www.oakeshott.org/metal.html


Gloria Cabalisti
Italy
Local time: 05:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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