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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: <1375, 1375-1420, 1577-1603
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Haubersione, n. Also: (h)awbyrschown, haubrischoune, halbershowne, halberscho, hauberkion. [Var. of Haberschoun.] A habergeon. — a1375 Fragm. Vetusta xxiv in Acts (1844) I. 388/2.
Quod quilibet homo … habens quindecim libras terre … habeat equum, hauberkion, capilium de ferro [etc.] 1375 Barb. xi. 131.
Mony helmys and hawbyrschownys a1400 Legends of the Saints 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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