habergeon

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “Their mightie ſtrokes their haberieons diſmayld, / And naked made each others manly ſpalles; […]”

2. isim The quilted undergarment worn under a hauberk.

   “His quilted habergeon stuffed with cotton, gave him, indeed, an exterior almost herculean. What finally became of this brave belligerent I did not learn; but as he was never shy in exposing his person, it is very probable that[…]”

3. isim A hauberk, any coat of mail, less commonly even a coat of scale armour.

   “The defensive armour, or coat of mail of a knight, or man at arms, (also called a hauberk or habergeon,) was[…]”