'Habergeon' definitions:
Definition of 'habergeon'
(from WordNet)
noun
(Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk
Definition of 'Habergeon'
From: GCIDE
- Habergeon \Ha*ber"ge*on\ (h[.a]*b[~e]r"j[-e]*[o^]n or h[a^]b"[~e]r*j[u^]n), n. [F. haubergeon a small hauberk, dim. of OF. hauberc, F. haubert. See Hauberk.] Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'habergeon'
From: Easton
- Habergeon an Old English word for breastplate. In Job 41:26 (Heb. shiryah) it is properly a "coat of mail;" the Revised Version has "pointed shaft." In Ex. 28:32, 39:23, it denotes a military garment strongly and thickly woven and covered with mail round the neck and breast. Such linen corselets have been found in Egypt. The word used in these verses is _tahra_, which is of Egyptian origin. The Revised Version, however, renders it by "coat of mail." (See ARMOUR.)