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noun (plural: hawberks)
- (Armor) A hauberk. 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.
- Quotations
- 1786: The hawberk and haubergeon long continued almost the sole defensive armour of this country... — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 73.
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