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hauberk

hau·berk [ háwbərk ] (plural hau·berks)


noun 
Definition:
 
knight's chain-mail tunic: a long, often sleeveless, tunic made of chain mail. It was originally intended as protection just for the neck and shoulders but it developed into a longer tunic in the 12th and 13th centuries.

[13th century. < Old French hau(s)berc< Germanic, "neck-protector"]
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