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haustement

haustement noun: a close-fitting undergarment, over which the armor (and hose) were fastened.

Noun

haustement

  1. (historical, obsolete) A close-fitting undergarment, over which the armor (and hose) were fastened.
    • The Haustement or Ajustement, […] was made to the shape and worn with the shirt […] The doublet and haustement of this period supplied the place of the wambais and hoqueton formerly worn . 2. The doublet must be streightly bounde . The first part of the dress being thus put on , it is to be closely...1824, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity, page 497
    • A Pair of Plates consisted of the breast and back, each formed of three or more pieces; Gyders were straps to draw together the open parts; the Haustement, a stiff under garment to keep the body straight and erect; the Rerebrace ...1825, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Encyclopedia of antiquities; and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval, page 803

Examples of haustement in a sentence

  • The Haustement or Ajustement, […] was made to the shape and worn with the shirt […] The doublet and haustement of this period supplied the place of the wambais and hoqueton formerly worn . 2.1824, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity, page 497:
  • A maniple, i.e. many folds, a name for the haustement worn in the time of Hen.1842, Samuel R. Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, page 198:
  • Gusset, pieces of chain mail, tied with points to the "haustement" to cover those portions of the body not protected with plate armour; they were usually eight in number, viz. for armpits, […]2008(?), Charles John ffoulkes, The Armourer and His Craft, Cosimo, Inc., page 161

Origin of haustement

From Middle English haustement, perhaps from Old French ajostement.

Questions about haustement

What does haustement mean?
Haustement means a close-fitting undergarment, over which the armor (and hose) were fastened.
How do you use haustement in a sentence?
The Haustement or Ajustement, […] was made to the shape and worn with the shirt […] The doublet and haustement of this period supplied the place of the wambais and hoqueton formerly worn . 2.
What part of speech is haustement?
Haustement is a noun.

Words near haustement in the dictionary

  1. haustella
  2. haustellate
  3. haustellated
  4. haustellates
  5. haustellum
  6. haustement
  7. haustoria
  8. haustorial
  9. haustorially
  10. haustoriid
  11. haustoriids

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