MEANING
A padded or quilted garment worn as protection, either alone or with armor.
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Words that belong together
- quilted gambeson
- wear a gambeson
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He wore a gambeson beneath the mail.
The quilted gambeson softened the armor’s pressure.
She repaired the torn sleeve of the gambeson.
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Word forms
- Base
- gambeson
Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Singular gambeson; plural gambesons. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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