different between habergeon vs hauberk

English

Etymology

From Old French haubergeon, from Vulgar Latin *halsbergus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ha.b?.d???n/, /h??b??.d??n/

Noun

habergeon (plural habergeons)

1. (historical) A sleeveless coat of mail armour.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:

     Their mightie strokes their haberieons dismayld, / And naked made each others manly spalles […]

   • 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version, Nehemiah 4:16:

     And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

Related terms

• hauberk

English

Alternative forms

• hawberk

Etymology

From Old French hauberc, from Frankish *halsaberg (“neck-cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??b??(?)k/

Noun

hauberk (plural hauberks)

1. 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.

Coordinate terms

• byrnie, habergeon, haubergeon

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