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aketon

  • /ˈæk.(ə.)tən/

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From Middle English aketoun, aketon, from Old French aqueton, auqueton, alqueton, from Old Spanish alcoton (modern algodón), from Arabic الْقُطْن (al-quṭn), definite of قُطْن (quṭn, “cotton”). Doublet of cotton.

noun aketons · acton · hacqueton · haqueton · haketon

  1. historical A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail. The aketon, gambeson, vambasium, and jack were military vestments, calculated for the defence of the body, differing little from each other, except in their names, their materials and construction were nearly the same, the authorities quoted in the notes, shew they were all composed of many folds of

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@misc{aketon_2026,
  title = {aketon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aketon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}