the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See haubergeon.
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n. (Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk
Word Usage
"I would give the best habergeon I ever wrought, that the difficulty in truth rested with me, for there were then the better chance of its being removed."