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vambasiums

vambasiums is the plural of vambasium.

Meaning of vambasium

Noun

vambasium (plural vambasiums)

  1. (historical) 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

Questions about vambasiums

What is vambasiums the plural of?
Vambasiums is the plural of vambasium.

Words near vambasiums in the dictionary

  1. Vama
  2. vamachara
  3. vamacharas
  4. VAMB
  5. vambasium
  6. vambasiums
  7. vambrace
  8. vambraced
  9. vambraces
  10. vamicamide
  11. Vamika

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