AllWords.com Home

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

  
Definitions
vambasium Twit Definition of vambasium Share Definition of vambasium on Facebook Digg:Definition of vambasium! stumble Definition of vambasium Bookmark Definition of vambasium on Delicious submit Definition of vambasium to reddit Bookmark Definition of vambasium
noun 
  1. A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.
    Quotations
    • 1786: The aketon, gambeson, vambasium, and jack were military vestments, calculated for the defence of the body, differing little from each other, except in their names, their materials and construction were nearly the same, the authorities quoted in the notes, shew they were all composed of many folds of linen, stuffed with cotton, wool or hair, quilted, and commonly covered with leather, made of buck or doe skin. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 15.
     Source Definition of vambasium
  

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Google
 

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 
  

   
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
Allwords Copyright 1998-2009 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.