The Collaborative International Dictionary
Haubergeon \Hau*ber"ge*on\ (h[add]*b[~e]r"j[-e]*[o^]n), n. See Habergeon.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 A short hauberk with short or no sleeves. 2 Sometimes used loosely for the hauberk. n. 1 A short hauberk with short or no sleeves. 2 Sometimes used loosely for the hauberk.
Usage examples of "haubergeon".
Over the haubergeon he wore a full-length surcoat that showed his badge of the red heart.
Robbie asked, then pushed the gold under his haubergeon before shoving the corpse back into the mill.
His destrier would have done him little good among the stumps and fallen logs, and despite his haubergeon and brass-ringed buff cap, I thought I could best him.
Brandark had acquired, at ruinous expense, a chain haubergeon of Axeman manufacture.
Brandark was still struggling with his haubergeon, and Bahzell backpedaled away from their mounts, putting himself between his friend and the lip of the ravine, as mounted men thundered into the woods above them with insane speed.
An archer was fortunate if he could afford brigandine rather than simple leather jack, and a footman was fortunate if he could afford a proper haubergeon instead of brigandine.
Robbie Douglas, in a mail haubergeon and with a sword at his side, pushed through the archers and stared at Genevieve who now stood beside Thomas.
His mail haubergeon, a short coat that came to his thighs, was of good quality and he had polished it during the night, which he had spent guarding the cells so that no one would abuse the prisoners.
She had discovered a small haubergeon in the castle stores and polished it with sand and vinegar until her hands were red and sore and the mail glowed like silver, It hung loose on her thin frame, but she belted it with a strip of yellow cloth and hung another strip of the same colour from the crown of her polished helmet, which was a simple iron cap padded with a leather liner.
Vexille wore a short mail haubergeon over the jerkin that provided extra protection for his chest, belly and groin, and that too needed greasing.
Brandark grunted in anguish as envenomed jaws punched spikelike teeth through the left arm of his haubergeon.
And as they were issued their dwarf-forged steel breastplates and chain haubergeons they had been able to pass their scale and splint armor on to their allies.