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Webster 1913 Edition
Hauberk
Hau′berk
(ha̤′bẽrk)
, Noun.
[OF. ]
hauberc
, halberc
, F. haubert
, OHG. halsberc
; hals
neck + bergan
to protect, G. bergen
; akin to AS. healsbeorg
, Icel. hālsbjörg
. See Collar
, and Bury
, Verb.
T.
A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See
Habergeon
. [Written variously
hauberg
, hauberque
, hawberk
, etc.] Chaucer.
Helm, nor
hawberk’s
twisted mail. Gray.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hauberk
HAU'BERK
,Noun.