Brewer's: Halberjects or Haubergets

A coarse thick cloth used for the habits of monks. Thomson says it is the German al-bergen (cover-all) or Hals-bergen (neck-cover). (Essay on Magna Charta.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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