The hauberk was a complete covering of mail from head to foot. It consisted of a hood, joined to a jacket with sleeves, breeches, stockings and shoes of double chain mail, to which were added gauntlets of the same construction.
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Hauberk
//ˈhɔːbɜː(ɹ)k//
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9 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- ризница noun (A coat of mail)
Catalan
1 entries- ausberg noun (A coat of mail)
French
1 entries- haubert noun (A coat of mail)
Hungarian
2 entries- páncéling noun (A coat of mail)
- sodronying noun (A coat of mail)
Middle English
1 entries- hauberk noun (A coat of mail)
Persian
2 entries- خفتان noun (A coat of mail)
- گبر noun (A coat of mail)
Russian
1 entries- кольчуга noun (A coat of mail)
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Ursula wore that day a hauberk under her gown, and was helmed with a sallet; and because of her armour she rode upon a little horse.
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The hauberk was to the Norman what the byrnie was to the Saxon, the chief method of bodily defence.
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The habergeon is the mail in this case, and the hauberk is of plate or splint armour, while the cote-armoure is the surcoat, possibly thickly padded, as in the still-existing surcoat of the Black Prince.
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