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ack⋅ton

[ak-tuhn]
–noun Armor.
acton.

ac⋅ton

[ak-tuhn]
–noun Armor.
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
Also, ackton, aketon.


Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AF aketoun, OF a(u)queton < OSp algodon < SpAr < Ar al-quṭun the cotton
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