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Brigandine
- Metal splints sewed upon canvas, linen, or leather and covered with similar materials; a material used in making light armour. A "pair of brigandines" is a body-coat of this material, in two pieces.
- Defensive jacket of metal plates on cloth.
- A canvas or leather jacket with small plates of metal stitched inside, popular from c. 1340.
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