Bible Dictionaries
Habergeon

　　Nehemiah 4:16; Job 41:26 , a coat of mail; an ancient piece of defensive armor, in the form of a coat or tunic, descending from the neck to the middle of the body, and formed of tough hide, or many quilted linen folds, or of scales of brass overlapping each other like fishes' scales, or of small iron rings or meshes linked into each other, Exodus 28:32; 39:23 .