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hauberk

[ haw-burk ]

noun

Armor.
  1. a long defensive shirt, usually of mail, extending to the knees; byrnie.


hauberk

/ ˈ³óɔ˲úɜ˰ì /

noun

  1. a long coat of mail, often sleeveless
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hauberk1

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French hauberc, earlier halberc < Frankish *halsberg, equivalent to *hals neck ( hawse ) + *berg protection ( harbor ); cognate with Old High German halsberc Old English healsbeorg, Old Norse ³ó²¹±ô²õ²úÂáÇ«°ù²µ
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hauberk1

C13: from Old French hauberc, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German halsberc, Old English healsbeorg, from heals neck + beorg protection, shelter
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On tournament day, to the king’s great chagrin, Each one left his hauberk behind at the inn.

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And then, in the neatest way you could wish, the tear in the back of his hauberk caught on a hook in the wall.

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Merry’s sword had stabbed him from behind, shearing through the black mantle, and passing up beneath the hauberk had pierced the sinew behind his mighty knee.

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Well, Melias went left for a’ that—and he came by ill-luck stricken through the hauberk at the hands or some mysterious knight wha rode upon him, as Galahad foretold.

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Well beyond the gibbet, two men in mail hauberks stood leaning on their spears in front of the long low building by the water, the one with the slate roof.

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