brigandine

[ brig-uhn-deen, -dahyn ]

noun

, Armor.

1. a flexible body armor of overlapping steel plates with an exterior covering of linen, velvet, leather, etc.

brigandine

/ -ˌdaɪn; ˈbrɪɡənˌdiːn /

noun

1. a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather

Word History and Origins

Origin of brigandine¹

1425–75; late Middle English brigandyn < Middle French brigandine. See brigand, -ine ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of brigandine¹

C15: from Old French, from brigand + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

Part of a Chinese Brigandine Jacket of cotton, quilted, with enclosed plates of metal.

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The next moment a bullet struck against his brigandine, but without doing him any injury.

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A brigandine was a coat of leather or quilted linen, with small iron plates sewed on.

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In the first of Samuel you shall read of Goliah a Philistine, the weight of whose brigandine or shirt of maile was of 5000.

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There were only foure armed men in this brigandine: these did stand at the brigandines side to defend it.

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