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The armour of a brigand, consisting of small plates of iron on quilted linen, and covered with leather, hemp, or something of the kind.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.