Usually means: Padded armor jacket, medieval origin.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. gambeson: Merriam-Webster
  2. gambeson: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gambeson: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  4. gambeson: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Gambeson, gambeson: Dictionary.com
  6. Gambeson: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Gambeson: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. gambeson: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Gambeson: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. gambeson: FreeDictionary.org
  11. gambeson: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. gambeson: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. gambeson: Wordnik
  14. gambeson: Wiktionary

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  1. An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gambeson)

noun:  (historical) A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted, often worn as padding under armor.

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