A historical term for a type of protective garment or armor, though usage is rare and historical context varies.
Possibly from Old French or related to armor terminology; the exact etymology is uncertain, and this word appears primarily in historical texts rather than modern dictionaries.
This word appears so rarely in modern English that tracking its original meaning requires consulting medieval armor descriptions and old French textile terminology—it's the kind of word that reminds us how much vocabulary has simply vanished.
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