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Found 3 hits - Term: habergeon, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
habergeon \haber"geon\ h.ab~er"j-eo^n or
   ha^b"~erju^n, n. f. haubergeon a small hauberk, dim.
   of of. hauberc, f. haubert. see hauberk.
   properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the
   hauberk. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
hauberk 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
habergeon
     n : middle ages a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn
         under the hauberk

[3] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
habergeon
   an old english word for breastplate. in job 41:26 heb. shiryah
   it is properly a "coat of mail;" the revised version has
   "pointed shaft." in ex. 28:32, 39:23, it denotes a military
   garment strongly and thickly woven and covered with mail round
   the neck and breast. such linen corselets have been found in
   egypt. the word used in these verses is _tahra_, which is of
   egyptian origin. the revised version, however, renders it by
   "coat of mail." see armour.
   
see also:
armour 

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