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Jazerant
English
Noun
jazerant
- A coat of defense made of small plates of metal sewn upon linen or the like. Also, this kind of armor taken generally; as, a coat of jazerant.
- Quotations
- 1786: The jazerant, is according to Du Cange, a sort of military vestment . ... But what was the specific distinction of a jazerant seems at present uncertain. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 15.
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