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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
hau·berk       [haw-burk] Pronunciation Key
–noun Armor.
a long defensive shirt, usually of mail, extending to the knees; byrnie.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < OF hauberc, earlier halberc < Frankish *halsberg, equiv. to *hals neck (see hawse) + *berg protection (see harbor); c. OHG halsberc OE healsbeorg, ON halsbjǫrg]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hau·berk       (hô'bərk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A long tunic made of chain mail.


[Middle English, from Old French hauberc, of Germanic origin; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hauberk 
1297, from O.Fr. hauberc, earlier holberc, from Frank. *halsberg, lit. "neck-cover" (cf. O.H.G. halsberc), from hals "neck" + bergan "to cover, protect."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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hauberk

noun
a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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