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Look up: brigandine

  1. brigandine
    [n] - a medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or cloth
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Brigandine
    Brig'an·dine noun [ French brigandine (cf. Italian brigantina ), from Old French brigant . See Brigand .] A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, an...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/99

  3. brigandine
    noun a medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or cloth
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. Brigandine
    • (n.) A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  5. Brigandine
    A brigandine was a medieval coat of mail composed of light thin jointed scales or a coat of thin pliant plate armour covered with leather or hemp. Brigandines were originally the armour worn by Brigands. The term was later applied to the jacket quilted with iron worn by archers during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  6. Brigandine
    A `brigandine` is a form of Medieval body armour. It is a cloth garment, generally canvas or leather, lined with small oblong steel plates riveted to the fabric. The form of the brigandine is essentially the same as the civilian doublet, though it is commonly sleeveless. However, depictions of briga...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigandine

  7. Brigandine
    (video game) `Brigandine` is a tactical role-playing game for the PlayStation video game console, created by developer Hearty Robin and released in 1998. An American port, called `Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena`, was released in the same year by Atlus. In 2000, Hearty Robin r...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigandine

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