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 haberge, hauberge, haubere, haubert, haubter, hautbert, and hauberk. Speckman derives it from the ancient French haut, high, and berg, armour or covering; Du Cange and Skinner from the Belgic hals, or Teutonic halts, neck, and bergen, to defend.