hauberk

== English == === Alternative forms === hawberk === Etymology === From Middle English hauberk, from Old French hauberc, from Frankish *halsaberg (“neck-cover”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔːbɜː(ɹ)k/ Rhymes: -ɔːbɜː(ɹ)k Hyphenation: hau‧berk === Noun === hauberk (plural hauberks) 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. (less common) A similar shirt of scale armour, plate, leather, or other armor material. 2001, Angeliki E. Láiou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History Angeliki E Laiou, Angeliki E. Laiou, Roy P. Mottahedeh, The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World, Dumbarton Oaks (→ISBN), page 277: In Demetrios ' portrait, the saint wears a lamellar hauberk and a long surcoat over ornately patterned leggings. The painter has added an unusual element to the composition - a scarf tied around the horse's head […] 2014, Martin V. Parece II, Gods and Steel: The Cor Chronicles, Vol. IV, Parece Publishing, page 77: Fitted perfectly for her, it consisted of a simple plate hauberk and legguards, plate armguards and sabatons with chain mail underneath. She had discarded the chain mail early, much to Parol's consternation, […] ==== Coordinate terms ==== byrnie, habergeon, haubergeon ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === auberc, haberke, hamberk, hauberc, hauberghe, haubrec, haubrecke, haubrek, hawbarke, hawbergh, hawberk, hawberke === Etymology === From Old French hauberc, from Early Medieval Latin (h)alsbergum, from Frankish *halsaberg. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈau̯bɛrk/, /ˈaːbɛrk/, /-rɛk/ === Noun === hauberk (plural hauberkes) hauberk (coat of mail armour) ==== Related terms ==== hauberjoun ==== Descendants ==== English: hauberk ==== References ==== “hauberk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.