See hauberk on Wiktionary
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"Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
"Middle English terms derived from Early Medieval Latin",
"Middle English terms derived from Frankish",
"Middle English terms derived from Old French",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Armor"
],
"glosses": [
"hauberk (coat of mail armour)"
],
"links": [
[
"hauberk",
"hauberk#English"
],
[
"coat",
"coat#English"
],
[
"mail",
"mail#English"
],
[
"armour",
"armour#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈau̯bɛrk/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaːbɛrk/"
},
{
"ipa": "/-rɛk/"
}
],
"word": "hauberk"
}
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