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A gambeson (or aketon or padded jack or arming doublet) is a padded defensive jacket, worn as armour separately, or combined with mail or plate armour. Gambesons were produced with a sewing technique called quilting. Usually constructed of linen or wool, the stuffing varied, and could be for example scrap cloth or horse hair. During the 14th centu...
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ancient leather or quilted coat worn as armour
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• (n.) Same as Gambison.
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A loose shirt worn under the mail hauberk in the thirteenth century, and in the beginning of the fourteenth. Later it was replaced by the houqueton/aketon.
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(from the article `military technology`) ...closer-fitting, extending downward from the middle of the upper arm to the wrist; at the same time, the hem of the byrnie dropped from just above ...
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Gam'be·son noun Same as
Gambison .
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A gambeson or gipon was a quilted and padded or stuffed leather or cloth garment worn under chain mail in the Middle Ages. The Christian crusaders wore a parti-coloured gambeson. Later the gambeson was worn as a type of doublet by men and women.
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also Gambais, Gambaisel, Gambaison, Gamboison, Gambison. padded garment worn beneath mail hauberk, probably sleeveless, possibly from Byzantine.
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