Definition of "habergeon"
habergeon
noun
plural habergeons
(historical) A sleeveless or short-sleeved coat of mail armour (a shorter hauberk).
Quotations
And it came to paſſe from that time forth, that the halfe of my ſeruants wrought in the worke, and the other halfe of them held both the ſpeares, the ſhields and the bowes, and the habergeons, and the rulers were behind all the houſe of Iudah.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Nehemiah 4:16, column 1
(historical) The quilted undergarment worn under a hauberk.
Quotations
His quilted habergeon stuffed with cotton, gave him, indeed, an exterior almost herculean. What finally became of this brave belligerent I did not learn; but as he was never shy in exposing his person, it is very probable that […]
1839, David Price, Memoirs of the Early Life and Service of a Field Officer, on the Retired List of the Indian Army, page 242
(loosely) A hauberk, any coat of mail, less commonly even a coat of scale armour.
Quotations
The Egyptians wore a kind of tippet, or square piece with a hole in it for the head to pass through, covering the shoulders and breast; this is the hauberk or habergeon. It was of scale armour; and below it, to protect the rest […]
1878, Susan Bogert Warner, The kingdom of Judah, by the author of 'The wide, wide world'., page 138
The knee-length mail shirt was called a hauberk or habergeon. But these shirts of mail didn't protect the legs. So, during the twelfth century, many soldiers began wearing mail pieces attached by leather on the front of their legs.
2005, James Stuart Bell, Carrie Pyykkonen, Linda Washington, Inside "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe": Myths, Mysteries, and Magic from the Chronicles of Narnia, Macmillan, page 63