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Definition of Gambeson
1. n. Same as Gambison.
Definition of Gambeson
1. Noun. A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gambeson
1. a medieval coat [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gambeson
Literary usage of Gambeson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"gambeson, *. A kind of proof coat for the body. So it is explained, and rightly,
by Strutt, in the Glossary to his Queen Hoo Hall ; but I have not met the ..."
2. Tenures of Land & Customs of Manors by William Carew Hazlitt, Thomas Blount (1874)
"A. Commonly under the hauberk,1 though sometimes over it, was worn a loose garment
called a gambeson, which descended as low as the knees ; it was stuffed ..."
3. Tenures of Land & Customs of Manors by Thomas Blount, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"A. Commonly under the hauberk,1 though sometimes over it, was worn a loose garment
called a gambeson, which descended as low as the knees ; it was stuffed ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... when the been nearly abandoned by men-at- arms, the gambeson appeal's as the
of fence for the principal garment gambeson (about 1375). ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The gambeson was worn also by foot-soldiers and knights often as the sole body
defense; again, it appears to have been worn over the hauberk, sometimes with ..."
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