brigandine

brig·an·dine

B0482250 (brĭg′ən-dēn′, -dīn′)n. Flexible body armor of small metal plates or rings, often covered with cloth.

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[Middle English, from Old French, armor for a skirmisher, from brigand, skirmisher; see brigand.]

brigandine

(ˈbrɪɡənˌdiːn; -ˌdaɪn) n (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather[C15: from Old French, from brigand + -ine¹]

brig•an•dine

(ˈbrɪg ənˌdin, -ˌdaɪn)

n. flexible body armor of overlapping plates or scales. [1425–75; late Middle English brigandyn < Middle French brigandine]

Thesaurus

Noun

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brigandine - a medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or clothchain armor, chain armour, chain mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail, mail - (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

Translations

бригантина