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haketon

haketon is the alternative form of aketon.

Meaning of aketon

Noun

aketon (plural aketons)

  1. (historical) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
    • The aketon, gambeson, vambasium, and jack were military vestments, calculated for the defence of the body, differing little from each other, except in their names, their materials and construction were nearly the same, the authorities quoted in the notes, shew they were all composed of many folds...1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 15

Forms of haketon

pluralhaketons

Questions about haketon

What is haketon the alternative form of?
Haketon is the alternative form of aketon.

Words near haketon in the dictionary

  1. Haken
  2. hakenkreuz
  3. hakenkreuzes
  4. hakes
  5. Haketia
  6. haketon
  7. haketons
  8. Hakewill
  9. Hakewills
  10. Hakha
  11. hakham

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