Definitions for: Hauberk


[n] a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: byrnie

See Also: chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail

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