habergeon

"I can tell thee that mine are blunt for want of use," retorted a comrade, hammering busily at a broken link in his habergeon.

He wore a gipon of fustian, all stained by his habergeon; for he had only just arrived home from a long voyage.

The sword of him that layeth at them cannot hold the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

Habergeon, ha-bėr′je-un, n. a piece of armour to defend the neck and breast.

Every free layman having ten marks in chattels shall have a habergeon, iron cap, and lance.