Hau'berk, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. hauberc, halberc, N. Fr. haubert, Pr. ausberc, ausberg, It. usbergo, osbergo, from O. H. Ger. halsberg, A-S. healsbeorg, Icel. hâllsbiörg, originally an armor protecting the neck, from Ger. hals, the neck, and bergen, to defend, protect. Cf. HALSE and HARBOR.] A shirt of mail formed of small steel rings interwoven; an habergeon. [Obs.]

An armored man wearing a chain-mail hauberk and holding a sword. — Hauberk.