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, utrecht. a gambeson (also aketon, padded jack or arming doublet) is a padded defensive jacket , worn as armor separately, or combined with mail or plate armor . it also doubled as a winter coat for wearers. gambesons were produced with a sewing technique called quilting . usually constructed of linen
gambeson is a loan from old french gambeson, gambaison, originally wambais, formed after the middle high german term wambeis "doublet", in turn from old high german wamba "stomach" ( cognate to womb ). [ ] the term aketon, originally medieval french alcottonem, might be a loan from arabic al-qutn " cotton...
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