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Haberschoun, -schon(e, -soun, n. Also: habber-, habbir- (habbyr-, abir-), habre-, ebre-, and -schoune, -schown, -shone, -shun, -choun, -chon, -sone, -zoun(e, -zsone, -schew, -scho. [Sc. variant of Habergeoun,n. See also Hauberschoun.] A habergeon.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xlv. 211.
A kirtil … of yrne, as ane habresone ?1438 Alex. ii. 5542.
His bowellis on his forther arsoun In the skirt of his habersoun 1507–8 Treas. Acc. IV. 101.
Item … for ane habrezoun to the king, iij li. c1590 J. Stewart 51/106.
His haberzsone and harneis … Quhilk … held his bazon bak Ib. 67/65.
No corslat, targe, acton, nor habirzoune Mycht the redoubleing dochtie dints defend(b) 1506 Treas. Acc. III. 367.
For ane hebreschoun … and ane plasteroun to the samyn 1532 Ib. VI. 88.
For grathing and dichting of his graces abirchounis of maill 1552–3 Lamont P. 65.
[All manner of] habershunnis [taken by them] 1561 Inverness Rec. I. 65.
Bodin in feyr of wayr with … sourd and habirschoun a1578 Pitsc. I. 274/4 (I).
Ane companie of schoisin men to the nommer of sex hundreith bowis … and haberschownis of mailȝe 1595–6 Elgin Rec. I. 221.
[Armed] with habirstoun [sic] … and knaipskais ?1549 Monro W. Isles 31.
2000 men aucht & sould be cled with actounis, & haberschounis, & knapskal bannetts(c) 1535 Stewart 21426.
Throw birny bricht and habirschone of maill 1540 Maxwell Mem. 409.
Ane habbyrschon of mailȝe 1574 Acts III. 91/1.
That all vtheris … in the hielands [have] habirschonis, steilbonnetis, hektonis [etc.] 1585 Prot. Bk. W. Cumming MS. 75.
Ane haberschone, ane bow [etc.] 1587-99 Hume vii. 100.
Their … Ticht haberschons, habriks and harneis light c1650 P. Gordon Brit. Dist. 94.
Eight hundreth … weell armed with habershones, muriones, and targates(d) 1542 Acts & Decr. I. 141.
Ane habberschew of melȝe wourth xij li. 1601 Reg. Privy C. VI. 305.
Armed with habershois, polaixis and tua handit suerdis