HABERGEON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("habergeon" is a kind of...):

chain armor; chain armour; chain mail; mail; ring armor; ring armour; ring mail ((Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings)

Domain category:

Dark Ages; Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)

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