habergeon

Definition

A sleeveless or short-sleeved coat of mail armour (a shorter hauberk).

Etymology

From Middle English hauberjoun, from Old French hauberjon, haubergeon, from Early Medieval Latin (h)alsbergum.

Example Sentences

• "Their mightie ſtrokes their haberieons diſmayld, / And naked made each others manly ſpalles; […]"
• "And it came to paſſe from that time forth, that the halfe of my ſeruants wrought in the worke, and the other halfe of them held both the ſpeares, the ſhields and the bowes, and the habergeons, and the rulers were behind all the houſe of Iudah."
• "[…] wore a quilted haketon next his shirt, and over that the habergeon, a lesser hawberk of chain mail."