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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hauberk \Hau"berk\, 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.
Helm, nor hawberk's twisted mail --Gray.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hauberk
n : a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly
worn as defensive armor [syn: {byrnie}]
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