n. A coat of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewn to linen or other material.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A medieval coat of fence made of linen or leather upon which overlapping scales of steel were sewed. The plates of steel were generally quilted between two thicknesses of stuff.
n. A foot-soldier wearing a brigandine; a brigand.
Made like a brigandine; of the nature of a brigandine: as, a brigandine garment.
n. An old form of brigantine.
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n. a medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or cloth
Word Usage
""But not," returned Monteith, "till I have disengaged you from your wet garments, and preserved your arms and brigandine from the rust of this night.""