HABERGEON, a coat of mail, or piece of defensive armour, descending from the neck to the middle, and formed of little iron rings linked into each other. It is also written haborge, hauberge, haubere, hauvert, hauhter, hauhtert, and hauberk. Spelman derives it from the ancient French hault, high, and berg, armour or covering; Du Cange and Skinner from the Belgic hals, or Teutonic hantz, neck, and bergen, to defend.