hauberc
Old French
Alternative forms
- osberc, auberc, ausberc
Etymology
From earlier holberc, from Frankish *halsberg (“neck-cover”).
Noun
hauberc m (oblique plural haubers, nominative singular haubers, nominative plural hauberc)
- hauberk (type of chainmail)
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Hauberc li vest de buene maille
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
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