Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A gorget or standard of chainmail, sometimes forming part of the camail. See cut under gorget.
  • noun A small gorget of plate-armor.

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Examples

  • One in a large black habit, a napkin on his knee, a hausse-col of iron, and a linen scarf and collar.

    Roundabout Papers 2006

  • One in a large black habit, a napkin on his knee, a hausse-col of iron, and a linen scarf and collar.

    Roundabout Papers William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

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