or HAUBERGEON, 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.—It is also written haberge, hauberge, haubere, haubert, hautber, hautbert, and hauberk. Spelman takes it from the ancient French haute, "high," and berg, "armour, covering;" as serving to defend the upper part of the body. Du Cange and Skinner derive it from the Belgic hals, or Teutonic halts, "neck," and bergen, "to cover;" i.e. a 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. In Scripture it seems to signify an offensive weapon. "The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold; the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon," Job, xli. 26.