What does brigandine mean?
Definitions for brigandine
ˈbrɪg ənˌdin, -ˌdaɪnbrig·an·dine
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Princeton's WordNet
brigandinenoun
a medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or cloth
Wiktionary
brigandinenoun
A coat of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewn to linen or other material.
Etymology: From brigandine, from brigand + -ine.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Brigandine, Brigantinenoun
Etymology: from brigand.
Like as a a warlike brigandine, apply’d
To fight, lays forth her threatful pikes afore
The engines, which in them sad death do hide. Edmund Spenser.Scarce five years are past,
Since in your brigantine you fail’d to see
The Adriatick wedded. Thomas Otway, Venice Preserved.The consul obliged him to deliver up his fleet, and restore the ships, reserving only to himself two brigantines. Arbuthnot.
Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet
And brigandine of brass, thy broad habergeon,
Vantbrass, and greves. John Milton, Agonistes, l. 1119.
Wikipedia
Brigandine
A brigandine is a form of body armour from the Middle Ages. It is a garment typically made of heavy cloth, canvas, or leather, lined internally with small oblong steel plates riveted to the fabric, sometimes with a second layer of fabric on the inside.
Webster Dictionary
Brigandinenoun
a coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages
Wikidata
Brigandine
A brigandine is a form of body armour from the Middle Ages. It is a cloth garment, generally canvas or leather, lined with small oblong steel plates riveted to the fabric.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
brigandine
A pliant scale-like coat of mail.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
brigandine
A coat of mail, consisting of thin, jointed scales of plate, pliant and easy to the body.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of brigandine in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of brigandine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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- brigandýna, brigantinaCzech
- brigantinaSpanish
- brigantinaPortuguese
- brigandinenSwedish
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