HAUBERK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hauberk mean? 

• HAUBERK (noun)
  The noun HAUBERK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HAUBERK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAUBERK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

byrnie; hauberk

Hypernyms ("hauberk" is a kind of...):

chain armor; chain armour; chain mail; mail; ring armor; ring armour; ring mail ((Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings)

 Context examples 

We have as much to fear from the tonsure as from the hauberk.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By the tooth of Peter! it would be a bad thing if I could not muster many a Hamptonshire man who would be ready to strike in under the red flag of St. George, and the more so if Sir Nigel Loring, of Christchurch, should don hauberk once more and take the lead of us.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)