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Depiction of a 13th-century gambeson (Morgan Bible, fol. 10r)
A gambeson (similar to the aketon, padded jack, pourpoint, or arming doublet) is a padded defensive jacket, worn as armour separately, or combined with mail or plate armour. Gambesons were produced with a sewing technique called quilting that produced a padded cloth. They were usually constructed of linen or wool; the stuffing varied, and could be, for example, scrap cloth or horse hair.
An arming doublet worn under armour, particularly plate armour of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe, contains arming points for attaching plates. Fifteenth-century examples may include mail goussets sewn into the elbows and armpits, to protect the wearer in locations not covered by plate. German gothic armour arming doublets were generally shorter than Italian white armour doublets, which could extend to the upper thigh. In late fifteenth-century Italy, this also became a civilian fashion. Men who were not knights wore arming doublets, probably because the garment suggested status and chivalry.[1]
Men's gambeson, c. 1660–1670. Collection Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
^Breiding, Dirk H. "Fashion in European Armour, 1400–1500". Department of Arms and Armour, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A gambeson (similar to the aketon, padded jack, pourpoint, or arming doublet) is a padded defensive jacket, worn as armour separately, or combined with...
escaupil, was a Mesoamerican military soft body armor similar to the European gambeson that was commonly used by the Aztecs and the Tlaxcaltecs. It was also constructed...
to be stouter; better designed for tearing into plate armor, mail, or gambeson. Nonetheless, some becs-de-corbin also had a multi-pronged hammer. The...
seven yards. However, the test was conducted without a padded jack or gambeson, which was layered cloth armour worn under heavier armour for protection...
civilian or military situations. It is not to be confused with the earlier gambeson. This garment is known for its wasp waisted and round silhouette achieved...
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impact without penetrating the armour; usually a soft armour, such as gambeson, was worn under the hauberk. Medieval surgeons were very well capable of...
are based on the same principle. A brigandine was commonly worn over a gambeson and mail shirt and it was not long before this form of protection was commonly...
armour used by European and Byzantine soldiers of the same era such as the gambeson. Yuan lamellar armour Mongol war mask, 12-14th century. One of the only...
to protect from such blows. Padded cuisses made in a similar way to a gambeson were commonly worn by knights in the 12th and 13th centuries, usually over...
use was replaced by that of the jaque, or "jacket", which was a kind of gambeson. Also known as kazaghand, gazarant or gesserant, its name has been variously...
uncovered plate. Areas not covered by plate were protected by mail sewn to the gambeson underneath. During the fifteenth century national styles of armour emerged...
and he managed to grip the Assassin's hand—the dagger only slashing his gambeson—and the assailant was soon killed. Saladin was unnerved at the attempt...
before the 20th century is known to have made linen armor in this way. Gambeson Kevlar Muscle cuirass Ichcahuipilli λινοθώραξ. Liddell, Henry George; Scott...
the horse reasonably well against arrows, especially if combined with a gambeson-like undercloth underneath. Medieval caparisons were frequently embroidered...
popular amongst night watchmen, construction workers and the homeless. Gambeson, medieval padded defensive jacket Vatnik, a political insult derived from...
limbs, head & neck, & hands, and beneath this a padded layer, known as a gambeson. Helmets must be analogous to the rest of the armour, must cover the face...
small horses equipped with stirrups and bridles. They are wearing long gambesons with belts and are carrying spears and long, narrow kite-shaped shields...
number of bands, for instance, a fauld of four lame. Arming doublet or gambeson Padded cloth worn under a harness. Rondel Any circular plate. Rondels protecting...
from 1220's; the gehôrte vür die brust ein blat is mentioned after the gambeson, hauberk and coif, but before the surcoat, thus still not being entirely...
instance of bulletproof fabric. He experimented with silk vests resembling gambesons that used 18 to 30 layers of silk to protect the wearers from penetration...
were replaced with mail patches, called gussets, which were sewn onto a gambeson or arming jacket. Further protection for plate armour was the use of small...
and durable garment, such as huntsmen and men travelling on horseback. Gambeson, a padded jacket, worn singly as armor or combined with mail or plate armor...
predecessors to the waistcoat are the Middle Age-era doublet (clothing) and gambeson. Various types of waistcoats may have been worn in theatrical manners such...
or a coat of plates to protect the torso. Others may have worn a padded gambeson or a leather jerkin or coat, though these would not have survived decomposition...
of Shannara by Terry Brooks Acton, an alternative spelling of aketon (gambeson) Acton Castle, near Perranuthnoe, Cornwall Acton Green (disambiguation)...
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