[[Armor]] made from many, small, overlapping plates sewn onto a cloth or leather backing, usually in a diamond pattern and/or resembling the scales of a fish or lizard.

Sometimes inaccurately referred to as scale mail.

Do not use this tag to refer to [[lamellar armor]], such as most Japanese armors, where the plates are perforated and stitched together in straight, ridged rows.

h4.  See also

* [[Lamellar armor]]
* [[Chainmail]]
* [[List of armor]]