habergeon

IPA: hˈæbɝdʒɪn

(historical) A sleeveless or short-sleeved coat of mail armour (a shorter hauberk).
(historical) The quilted undergarment worn under a hauberk.
(loosely) A hauberk, any coat of mail, less commonly even a coat of scale armour.

Examples of "habergeon" in Sentences

“Jilbáb” either habergeon (mail-coat) or the buff-jacket worn under it.
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
I would give the best habergeon I ever wrought, that the difficulty in truth rested with me, for there were then the better chance of its being removed.
And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
As he was thus, behold, the merchant-woman with whom he had taken refuge came up to him and giving him a habergeon and a helmet, a spear, a sword and a gilded girdle, bade him don them and seat himself on the settle after which she left him, for fear of the troops.
I was taught that it might contribute to a reading that if outward appearance reflects inward being, as was the prof's theory of medieval lit clothing a bismotered habergeon might indicate an inward uncleanliness or sinfulness, and that he's on pilgrimage because of it.