Meanings
plural haubergeons
- alternativeAlternative form of habergeon.
The haubergeon, was a coat composed either of plate or chain mail without sleeves: the shirt of mail was much in the form of the shirts now worn, except that it had no sleeves, it was always of chain mail.
1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 15
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