haustement

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English haustement, perhaps from Old French ajostement.

Noun

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haustement

  1. (historical, obsolete) A close-fitting undergarment, over which the armor (and hose) were fastened.
    Coordinate terms: aketon, gambeson, pourpoint
    • 1824, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity, page 497:
      The Haustement or Ajustement, [] was made to the shape and worn with the shirt [] The doublet and haustement of this period supplied the place of the wambais and hoqueton formerly worn . 2. The doublet must be streightly bounde . The first part of the dress being thus put on , it is to be closely bound round the ...
    • 1825, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Encyclopedia of antiquities; and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval, page 803:
      A Pair of Plates consisted of the breast and back, each formed of three or more pieces; Gyders were straps to draw together the open parts; the Haustement, a stiff under garment to keep the body straight and erect; the Rerebrace ...
    • 1842, Samuel R. Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, page 198:
      A maniple, i.e. many folds, a name for the haustement worn in the time of Hen. VI under the armour.
    • 2008(?), Charles John ffoulkes, The Armourer and His Craft, Cosimo, Inc. (→ISBN), page 161:
      Gusset, pieces of chain mail, tied with points to the "haustement" to cover those portions of the body not protected with plate armour; they were usually eight in number, viz. for armpits,  []