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| hau·berk [ háwbərk ] (plural hau·berks) |
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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.
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| [13th century. < Old French hau(s)berc< Germanic, "neck-protector"] |
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