habergeons

Noun

habergeon (plural habergeons)

1. (historical) A sleeveless or short-sleeved coat of mail armour (a shorter hauberk).
   • Their mightie ſtrokes their haberieons diſmayld, / And naked made each others manly ſpalles; […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30, page 265
2. (historical) The quilted undergarment worn under a hauberk.
   • His quilted habergeon stuffed with cotton, gave him, indeed, an exterior almost herculean. What finally became of this brave belligerent I did not learn; but as he was never shy in exposing his person, it is very probable that[…]1839, David Price, Memoirs of the Early Life and Service of a Field Officer, on the Retired List of the Indian Army, page 242
3. (broadly) A hauberk, any coat of mail, less commonly even a coat of scale armour.
   • The defensive armour, or coat of mail of a knight, or man at arms, (also called a hauberk or habergeon,) was[…]1835, The Saturday Magazine, page 123