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Definition of Gambesons
1. gambeson [n] - See also: gambeson
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gambesons
Literary usage of Gambesons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outre-mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1893)
"A band of Moorish knights gayly arrayed in gambesons of crimson silk, with scarfs
of blue and jewelled ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The foot-soldiers and attendants were protected mainly by gambesons, but the
knight strove to cover every portion of his body with metal armor. ..."
3. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1877)
"... coats were made more ornamental than ordinary gambesons, and this is confirmed
by the present example which has a collar ornamented with roundels, ..."
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