gambeson

• He could not resist fingering the hard lump through his mail shirt and padded leather gambeson, lying against his chest, not painful at all but alive and warm inside its thin bag. —  Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
• Chilly rain mingled with sweat to soak his hair and trickle down his neck to seep under the layers of chain mail, padded gambeson, and linen shirt. —  MIDNIGHT MAGIC
• Neil stripped down to his quilted gambeson, took up Draug, and a few moments later they were skirting the ridge east, wincing at the sound of each broken twig, hoping Aspar was right about everything They needn't have worried. —  THE BLOOD KNIGHT
• The man was at least as tall as Havel and broader built even allowing for the effect of the hauberk and gambeson, but his light brown beard was scarce and tufty. —  Map.html
• Alas! I can give to neither of you the answer which you wish Coup de grace indeed," muttered Wulf, "through hauberk, gambeson, and shirt, right home to the heart But Godwin only turned a trifle paler and said nothing Now there was silence for a little space, while from beneath his bushy eyebrows the old knight watched their faces, on which the light of the tapers fell Then Godwin spoke: "We thank you, Cousin. —  The Brethren

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