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Definition: hauberque
Hauberk
\Hau"berk\ (h[add]"b[~e]rk), n. [OF. hauberc, halberc,
F. haubert, OHG. halsberc; hals neck + bergan to protect, G.
bergen; akin to AS. healsbeorg, Icel. h[=a]lsbj["o]rg. See
Collar, and
Bury, v. 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.
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Helm, nor hawberk's twisted mail. --Gray.
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