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hauberk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | byrnie |
| Type of | chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail |
Examples of hauberk
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Note the scene of stripping a mail hauberk from the dead at the bottom.
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A shirt made from mail is a hauberk if knee-length and a haubergeon if mid-thigh length.
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Infantry was similarly equipped with a hauberk, a helmet and leg armor.
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A hauberk and greaves, for example, are parts of the armor knights wore in the Middle Ages.
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Lamellar armour was often worn as augmentation to existing armour, such as over a mail hauberk.
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The image depicts realistically the method of removing a hauberk.
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Wearing an Iron-bronze helmet, as armor he is wearing a chain mail hauberk, and leather armor.
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The image depicts a method of removing a hauberk.
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At the siege, the king took an arrow to his hauberk, but the castle, considered impregnable, fell after two years.
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- A long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor
- A hauberk is a shirt of mail armour. The term is usually used to describe a shirt reaching at least to mid-thigh and including sleeves. Haubergeon ("little hauberk") generally refers to a shorter variant with partial sleeves, but the terms are often used interchangeably. ...
- 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
- (hauberks) Coats made of mail (metal rings linked tightly together) to protect the body.
- A mail shirt, generally extending down to defend the legs. The hauberk was the main defense for both body and legs until the late 13th century, when armourers began to experiment with reinforcing using padded, courboille, and even rudimentary plate augmentations.
- Chainmail hood; specialised defensive armour for the head.
- 1. Mail coat. 2. Armour of chain mail in the shape of a tunic to protect the body. 3. Mail shirt covering the body as far as the knees, the arms ending in mittens, and with a hood for the head.
- A garment made up of interlinking rinks of iron - 'chain-mail' in common parlance. Short or long-sleeved, usually knee-length and split at front of back for ease of walking and horse riding.
- A complete mail shirt. In the LOTR film armour context it has long, medium or short sleeves. Mail is generally constructed from joined circular or oval shaped metal rings, either rivetted, welded or even simply butted together. ...
