pizaine

[ pee-zeyn ]

nounArmor.
  1. a mail collar of the 14th century, worn with a hauberk.

Origin of pizaine

1
1895–1900; apparently <Old French, equivalent to piz breast (<Latin pectus) + -aine noun suffix <Latin āna-an

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