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Definition of Habergeon
1. Noun. (Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk.
Category relationships: Dark Ages, Middle Ages
Definition of Habergeon
1. n. Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk.
Definition of Habergeon
1. Noun. (historical) A sleeveless coat of chain mail. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Habergeon
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Habergeon
Literary usage of Habergeon
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)
"Chaucer, we see, has made a knight put it on over the habergeon ... See in habergeon.
Godfrey arose ; that day he laid aside His ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Chaucer, we see, has made a knight put it on over the habergeon. St-e in habergeon.
And donn'da breast-plate fair, of proof untried, Sucli one as foot-шеи ..."
3. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright (1884)
"'And be ye apparelled or clothed,' saith Paul, 'with the habergeon or coat-armour
of justice.' Latimer, Serm. p. 29. ..."
4. Antiquities of the Jews by William Brown, David Jennings (1823)
"Causes of the Jewish wars; number of their armies; degree of efficiency; arms a
helmet, breastplate, habergeon, girdle, greaves, sword, shield, battle-ax, ..."
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