braconnieres

Noun

braconniere (plural braconnieres)

1. A skirt or apron of mail or lamellar armor, worn with plate armor, to defend the stomach, groin, and upper thighs.
   • Danish warrior of the fourteenth century, whose armour is curious because of the braconniere or apron and loinguards in trellised work which partly cover the mailed hauberk.1877, Auguste Demmin, An Illustrated History of Arms and Armour from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, London: G. Bell & sons, page 185