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Haubersione, n. Also: (h)awbyrschown, haubrischoune, halbershowne, halberscho. [Var. of Haberschoun.] A habergeon. — 1375 Barb. xi. 131.
Mony helmys and hawbyrschownys a1400 Leg. S. xxviii. 281.
Scho wes cled in haubersione Of treuth c1420 Wynt. viii. 4878.
Throw thre fauld of awbyrschowne a1578 Pitsc. (1814) I. 158.
Armed in the Highland faschione with halbershownes, howis, and exis 1603 Colquhoun Chart. 197.
Halberschois, … tua handit suordis [etc.]
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