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Definitions for brigandine
ˈbrɪg ənˌdin, -ˌdaɪnbrig·an·dine

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. brigandinenoun

    a medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or cloth

Wiktionary

  1. 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.

  2. Etymology: From brigandine, from brigand + -ine.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. brigandine

    A pliant scale-like coat of mail.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. brigandine

    A coat of mail, consisting of thin, jointed scales of plate, pliant and easy to the body.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brigandine in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brigandine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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