brigandine

American  

[brig-uhn-deen, -dahyn] / ˈbrɪg ənˌdin, -ˌdaɪn /

noun

Armor.

1. a flexible body armor of overlapping steel plates with an exterior covering of linen, velvet, leather, etc.

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brigandine British  

/ -ˌdaɪn, ˈbrɪɡənˌdiːn /

noun

1. a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather

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Etymology

Origin of brigandine

1425–75; late Middle English brigandyn < Middle French brigandine. See brigand, -ine ²

Example Sentences

"No, sah; higher'n dat; fo' brigandine gineral at de berry leas'!" said another.

From Christmas with Grandma Elsie by Finley, Martha

"By my ten finger bones! when I hang bow on nail and change my brigandine for a tunic, I might do worse than take over the dame and her business."

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Hard face, battered head piece, dinted brigandine, with faded red lion of St. George ramping on a discolored ground, all proclaimed as plainly as words that he was indeed from the land of war.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

And those of the brigandine sought not to land, but put themselues to sea, and returned to the Island of Cuba.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

Concluding that something alarming must have happened, he threw on his brigandine and plaid, and entered the apartments of the governor.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane