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

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Example Sentences

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brigandine

Master Barbot—his head covered with an iron morion, his chest protected with a brigandine, and his cutlass and dagger by his side—leaned upon the barrel of his arquebus and smiled complacently upon his invention.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Eug?ne Sue

"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

"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

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

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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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