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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Habergeon \Ha*ber"ge*on\, n. [F. haubergeon a small hauberk, dim. of OF hauberc, F. haubert. See Hauberk.] Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk. --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: habergeon n : (medieval) a light sleeveless coat of meal worn under the hauberk From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Habergeon an Old English word for breastplate. In Job 41:26 (Heb. shiryah) it is properly a "coat of mail;" the Revised Version has "pointed shaft." In Ex 28:32, 39:23, it denotes a military garment strongly and thickly woven and covered with mail round the neck and breast. Such linen corselets have been found in Egypt. The word used in these verses is _tahra_, which is of Egyptian origin. The Revised Version, however, renders it by "coat of mail." (See {ARMOUR}.)
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