English - Turkish
Definition of hauberk in English Turkish dictionary
- zırh yelek
- zırhlı yelek
- (isim) zırh yelek
English - English
Definition of hauberk in English English dictionary
- 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
The hauberk was to the Norman what the byrnie was to the Saxon, the chief method of bodily defence.
- a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor
- A mail shirt reaching to somewhere between the knee and hip and including sleeves
- By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon
- An armored vest, usually of chain-mail
- A tunic of chain mail worn as defensive armor in the 12th to 14th centuries Term used with militariana
- {i} long coat of chain mail (worn as defensive armor)
- Category: Armor 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
- Sleeved shirt of mail or scale reaching down to the hip or knee
- Haubert Coat of mail (armour)
- military corselet of mail or leather
- hauberks
- plural of hauberk
Related Terms
hauberk
Hyphenation
hau·berkPronunciation
Etymology
[ 'ho-(")b&rk ] (noun.) 14th century. Old French hauberc, of Germanic origin, perhaps FrankishResimler
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