A flexible piece of armor made of small metal plates sewed onto cloth or leather, worn by soldiers and brigands.
From brigandine (a garment worn by brigands) through Old Italian brigandina. The armor took its name from the brigands and mercenaries who commonly wore it.
Brigandines were the medieval startup technology—cheaper than full plate armor but more protective than cloth, they let every mercenary and brigand afford decent armor, democratizing medieval combat.
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