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  

/ ˈbrɪɡənˌdiːn, -ˌdaɪn /

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

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brigandine

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 Richard Hakluyt

There was Aylward squatting cross-legged in his shirt, while he scrubbed away at his chain-mail brigandine, whistling loudly the while.

From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"But not," returned Monteith, "till I have disengaged you from your wet garments, and preserved your arms and brigandine from the rust of this night."

From The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

But Francesco's quilted brigandine had stood the test of steel, and the point of that assassin's dagger glanced harmlessly aside, doing no worse hurt than a rent in the silk surface of the garment.

From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini

"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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle