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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hauberk  \Hau"berk\,  n.  [OF.  hauberc,  halberc,  F.  haubert,  OHG. 
  halsberc  hals  neck  +  bergan  to  protect,  G.  bergen;  akin  to 
  AS  healsbeorg  Icel.  h[=a]lsbj["o]rg.  See  {Collar},  and 
  {Bury},  v.  t.] 
  A  coat  of  mail  especially,  the  long  coat  of  mail  of  the 
  European  Middle  Ages,  as  contrasted  with  the  habergeon,  which 
  is  shorter  and  sometimes  sleeveless.  By  old  writers  it  is 
  often  used  synonymously  with  habergeon.  See  {Habergeon}. 
  [Written  variously  {hauberg},  {hauberque},  {hawberk},  etc.] 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  Helm,  nor  hawberk's  twisted  mail  --Gray. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  hauberk 
  n  :  a  long  (usually  sleeveless)  tunic  of  chain  mail  formerly 
  worn  as  defensive  armor  [syn:  {byrnie}] 




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