haubergeon
English
Alternative forms
- habergeon
Noun
haubergeon (plural haubergeons)
- A short hauberk with short or no sleeves.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 15:
- The haubergeon, was a coat composed either of plate or chain mail without sleeves: the shirt of mail was much in the form of the shirts now worn, except that it had no sleeves, it was always of chain mail.
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- Sometimes used loosely for the hauberk.
Coordinate terms
- byrnie, hauberk