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Hawberk

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A coat or shirt of mail; hence, derivatively (in feudal law) one who held a fief on the duty or service of providing himself with such armor and standing ready, thus equipped, for military service when 'called on. Wharton.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

He who held land in France, by finding a coat or shirt of mail, with which he waa to be ready when called ipon. Wharton,