Habergeon
An Old English word for breastplate. In Job 41:26 (Heb. shiryah) it
is properly a "coat of mail;" the Revised Version has "pointed
shaft." In Ex 28:32 39:23 it denotes a military garment strongly and
thickly woven and covered with mail round the neck and breast. Such
linen corselets have been found in Egypt. The word used in these
verses is _tahra_, which is of Egyptian origin. The Revised Version,
however, renders it by "coat of mail."
See ARMOUR 23315
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