brigandine

[ brig-uhn-deen, -dahyn ]

/ ˈbrɪg ənˌdin, -ˌdaɪn /

noun Armor.

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

Origin of brigandine

1425–75; late Middle English brigandyn<Middle French brigandine.See brigand, -ine²

Words nearby brigandine

brigade, brigadier, brigadier general, brigalow, brigand, brigandine, brigantine, Brig. Gen., Briggs, Briggsian logarithm, Brigham

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Example sentences from the Web for brigandine

A brigandine was a coat of leather or quilted linen, with small iron plates sewed on.
South London|Sir Walter Besant
The next moment a bullet struck against his brigandine, but without doing him any injury.
Guy Fawkes|William Harrison Ainsworth
There were only foure armed men in this brigandine: these did stand at the brigandines side to defend it.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, Volume XIV (of 16)|Richard Hakluyt

British Dictionary definitions for brigandine

brigandine

/ (ˈbrɪɡənˌdiːn, -ˌdaɪn) /

noun

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 Origin for brigandine

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

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单词	brigandine
释义	brigandine [ brig-uhn-deen, -dahyn ] / ˈbrɪg ənˌdin, -ˌdaɪn / noun Armor. a flexible body armor of overlapping steel plates with an exterior covering of linen, velvet, leather, etc. Origin of brigandine 1425–75; late Middle English brigandyn<Middle French brigandine.See brigand, -ine² Words nearby brigandine brigade, brigadier, brigadier general, brigalow, brigand, brigandine, brigantine, Brig. Gen., Briggs, Briggsian logarithm, Brigham Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for brigandine A brigandine was a coat of leather or quilted linen, with small iron plates sewed on. South London\|Sir Walter Besant The next moment a bullet struck against his brigandine, but without doing him any injury. Guy Fawkes\|William Harrison Ainsworth There were only foure armed men in this brigandine: these did stand at the brigandines side to defend it. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, Volume XIV (of 16)\|Richard Hakluyt British Dictionary definitions for brigandine brigandine / (ˈbrɪɡənˌdiːn, -ˌdaɪn) / noun 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 Origin for brigandine C15: from Old French, from brigand + -ine 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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