n, haw-ber-, huh-bur-juhn] 
hab·er·geon  (hāb'ər-jən) n.
[Middle English from Old French hauberjon, from hauberc, hauberk; see hauberk.] |
Habergeon
an Old English word for breastplate. In Job 41:26 (Heb. shiryah) it is properly a "coat of mail;" the Revised Version has "pointed shaft." In Ex. 28:32, 39:23, it denotes a military garment strongly and thickly woven and covered with mail round the neck and breast. Such linen corselets have been found in Egypt. The word used in these verses is _tahra_, which is of Egyptian origin. The Revised Version, however, renders it by "coat of mail." (See ARMOUR.)