vambasium
vambasium noun: a defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.
Noun
vambasium (plural vambasiums)
- A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.
- 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 vambasium
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Questions about vambasium
- What does vambasium mean?
- Vambasium means a defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.
- What part of speech is vambasium?
- Vambasium is a noun.
- What is the plural of vambasium?
- The plural of vambasium is vambasiums.
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