gambeson
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gambeson
- /ˈɡæm.bɪ.sən/
Where it comes from
From Middle English gambison, from Old French gambeson, gambaison, from gambais, wambais (“quilted jerkin”), from Medieval Latin wambāsium (“doublet, waistcoat”), from Frankish *wamba (“abdomen, belly”), from Proto-Germanic *wambō (“belly, womb”): compare Middle High German wambeis, German Wams (“waistcoat, doublet”), from Old High German wamba (“stomach”). More at womb.
noun gambesons · gambison
- A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted, often worn as padding under armor. Although the gambeson was chiefly worn under the coat of mail, to protect the body from being bruised by the strokes of the sword or lance, a circumstance that might happen without a division of the mail, the verses quoted in the Siege of Karleverok, shew that it was sometimes worn as a fur coat, an
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Talk about this word "gambeson." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gambeson. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gambeson. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gambeson "gambeson." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gambeson.Cite this
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title = {gambeson},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
