brig·an·dine (br g  n-d n , -d n)n. Flexible body armor of small metal plates or rings, often covered with cloth. [Middle English, from Old French, armor for a skirmisher, from brigand, skirmisher; see brigand.] |
brigandine [ˈbrɪgənˌdiːn -ˌdaɪn]
n
(Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather
[from Old French, from brigand + -ine1]
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| Noun | 1. |  brigandine - a medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or clothchain armor, chain armour, chain mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail, mail - (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings |
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