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gambeson

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gambeson [ˈgæmbɪsən]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a quilted and padded or stuffed leather or cloth garment worn under chain mail in the Middle Ages and later as a doublet by men and women
[from Old French, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German wamba belly; see womb]
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During the Middle Ages, books (Liber Linteus is the only book surviving made of this fabric), shields, and gambeson were all made (either in whole in part) from linen, the last two due to their strength.
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My jeans and T-shirt were quickly replaced by a thick quilted coat called a gambeson and it took three experienced re-enactors to drape me in a ringmail shirt.
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