Definitions for hauberk

hauberk hau·berk

Spelling: [haw-burk]
IPA: /ˈhɔ bɜrk/

Hauberk is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in hauberk (abehkru).

Definitions for hauberk

noun

  1. a long defensive shirt, usually of mail, extending to the knees; byrnie.

Origin of hauberk

1250-1300; Middle English Old French hauberc, earlier halberc Frankish *halsberg, equivalent to *hals neck (see hawse) + *berg protection (see

Examples for hauberk

If the garment were a simple tunic or frock the whole was called a hauberk.

We have as much to fear from the tonsure as from the hauberk.

Beneath this was worn a hauberk of mail, with articulated gloves.

It was very dark in the tent as he put on hauberk and helmet.

Like his brother-in-arms, at Puig, he wears the camail and hauberk.

Each man had his hauberk on, with his sword girt and his shield at his neck.

A hauberk, or coat of mail, composed of steel rings, protected his body.

What now is thy wont in the handplay with the helm and the hauberk of rings?

Your arrow, or whatever you call it, has not even struck the hauberk.

It was a victory to know that it had broken through her father's hauberk of prejudice.

Word Value for hauberk
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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