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hauberk

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hau⋅berk

  [haw-burk]
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–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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hau·berk   (hô'bərk)   
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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