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gambeson (s.xii3/4)
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gambeson (s.xii3/4)

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gambaisun,  gambaysun,  gambeison,  gambeisun;  gambesoun,  gambesun;  gambeyson,  gambeysun,  gambisoun,  gamboison;  gaumbesoun,  gaumbeyson;  wambesoun,  wambeysoun,  wambisun  (cambissun  Vernac Glosses 11,  gambisum  TLL ii 136.49,  gaunbeyson  Cardiff Records 58,  wadesun  TLL ii 136.49)  
  FEW:  wamba 17,498b Gdf:  gambison 4,215b GdfC: ∅ TL: gambeson 4,81 DEAF:  gambais (gambison) G108 DMF:  gambison  TLF:  gambison  OED:  gambeson n.  MED:  gaumbisoun n.  DMLBS:  wambeso 3727a

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mil.costumearmourgambeson, padded tunic beneath a coat of mail: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Il n’ad cely qui ne prenge son escu, Son haubert e son gambeison e son espié molu  Rom Chev ANTS 844
( MS: s.xiii1 )  toraces [...] gallice wambisuns  Vernac Glosses 18
( 1300; MS: s.xiv1 )  Maint riche gamboison garni De soie et cadas et coton  Eight Rolls 103.72
( 1303-04 )  un gaumbesoun, unes trapes, quisseaux e greves pointés  Northumb 87
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Launce, escu et gambeson  Nominale 560
( 1315 )  Ceo est assaver .j. aketon, .j. gaumbeyson, .j. peyre des quisseus  Cardiff Records 58

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gambais 
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