maillé

Maillé is a French term with several related meanings, all descended from maille, meaning a mesh or link. As an adjective, maillé describes something formed of or resembling a mesh, or having a grid-like, netted pattern.

In textile and fashion usage, maillé can refer to fabrics or stitch patterns that create a mesh or lattice structure. This includes openwork knits or lace-like materials where the threads form visible openings, producing a netted appearance.

In science, engineering and computing, maillé describes a discrete mesh used to partition a geometric domain for numerical analysis. A maillage, or maillé object, is common in finite element methods, computational fluid dynamics and related fields, where the domain is divided into elements such as triangles or quadrilaterals to facilitate calculation.

Historically, the term appears in phrases such as armure maillée, referring to chain mail made of interlinked metal rings. In this sense, maillé conveys the idea of interwoven or interlinked components.

Maillé is also a place name in France. Several communes bear the name, the most well-known being in the Indre-et-Loire department. The term can also appear as a surname.

Overall, maillé denotes anything that is net-like or interwoven, whether in material form, geometric discretization, or as a proper noun in geography or personal names.