HABERGION, or HAUBERGION, HABERGETUM, a coat of mail; an ancient piece of defensive armour, in form of a coat, descending from the neck to the middle, and formed of little iron rings or meshes, linked into each other.—The word is also written habyge, hauberge, haubere, haubert, hauher, houbert, and hauberk. Spelman takes it to have been formed from the ancient French haut, "high," and berg, " armour, covering;" as serving to defend the upper part of the body. Du Cange and Skinner choose to derive it from the Belgic hals, or Teutonic halsz, "neck," and bergen, "to cover;" as if it were a peculiar defence for the neck. Others will have it formed of al, alla, q. d. all, and bergen, "to cover;" as importing it a cover for the whole body.