Usage examples for habergeon:

• He is never out of hearing; and if at any time they be put to the worst, he, if possible, comes in to help them; and of him it is said, " The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold; the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon he esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. "The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3" – John Bunyan

• Quoth Bard the first: " Sir Olaf, the good knight, did don His helm and eke his habergeon "Browning and the Dramatic Monologue" – S. S. Curry

• With flame on lance and habergeon They passed, and to the rataplan Of drums gave salutation- " Virtue is that becrowns a Man!" "The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q"" – Q (AKA: Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch)

• Then he dressed his shield, and drew out his sword, and Bors smote him so hard that it went through his shield and habergeon on the left shoulder. "A Knyght Ther Was" – Robert F. Young