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habergeon

/ ˈhæbədʒən /

noun

  1. a light sleeveless coat of mail worn in the 14th century under the plated hauberk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of habergeon1

C14: from Old French haubergeon a little hauberk
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Example Sentences

He was dressed in the infantry habergeon in which he had insisted on fighting.

No helm nor habergeon may resist his sword. 

The moment he did so, the forester stepped out upon the opposite bank, and daring Timias to move another step, threw a dart at him, which struck his habergeon.

Chaucer’s Sir Thopas must always be cited for the defences of this age, the hero wearing the quilted haketon next his shirt, and over that the habergeon, a lesser hawberk of chain mail.

Their arrows went fast, without any let, And many shot they throughout; Through habergeon, breastplate, and bassinet.

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