habergeon
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of habergeon
C14: from Old French haubergeon a little hauberk
Example Sentences
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The habergeon was rolled in a tight bundle.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
“You were far better to come,” he urged, struggling into the habergeon like a footballer putting on bis jersey.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
He was dressed in the infantry habergeon in which he had insisted on fighting.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold; the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon: he esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan
Chaucer’s Sir Thopas must always be cited for the defences of this age, the hero wearing the quilted haketon next his shirt, and over that the habergeon, a lesser hawberk of chain mail.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
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