haustement

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English haustement, perhaps from Old French ajostement. === Noun === haustement (historical, obsolete) A close-fitting undergarment, over which the armor (and hose) were fastened. Coordinate terms: aketon, gambeson, pourpoint 2008(?), Charles John ffoulkes, The Armourer and His Craft, Cosimo, Inc. (→ISBN), page 161: Gusset, pieces of chain mail, tied with points to the "haustement" to cover those portions of the body not protected with plate armour; they were usually eight in number, viz. for armpits, […]