Brigandine

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Brigandine . The ‘brigand’ was originally simply a light-armed irregular foot soldier, and the coat of mail which he wore was called a ‘brigandine.’ The word is used in   Jeremiah 46:4;   Jeremiah 51:3 (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘coat of mail’). See Armour.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Brigandine.  Jeremiah 46:4. Elsewhere "habergeon," or "coat of mail." See Arms .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 46:4;  Jeremiah 55:3; sirion , a coat of mail, or scale armor, worn by the light troops called brigands.

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 46:4 Jeremiah 51:3Arms And Armor

King James Dictionary

BRIG'ANDINE, n. Anciently, a coat of mail. The name has ceased to be used, with the disuse of the thing. It consisted of thin jointed scales of plate, pliant and easy to the body.

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Brigandine.  Jeremiah 46:4, A. V. It is translated "coat of mail" in R. V. See Armor.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

A coat of mail.  Jeremiah 46:4;  Jeremiah 51:3 .

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A coat of mail,  Jeremiah 46:4;  51:3 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 46:4 51:3

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

is an old English word, signifying a coat of scale armor, but now obsolete in this sense; used in  Jeremiah 46:4;  Jeremiah 51:3, for the Heb. סַרְיוֹן , Siryon' (occurring only in these passages), doubtless the same as the שַׁרְיוֹן, shiryon', a "coat of mail" ( 1 Samuel 17:5;  1 Samuel 17:38) or Corselet. (See Breastplate).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

brig´an -dēn . See Arms (Defensive, 5); Coat Of Mail .