English

Alternative forms

• jazerant

Noun

jazeraint ‎(plural jazeraints)

1. Body armor made of small overlapping plates; brigandine.

Adjective

jazeraint ‎(comparative more jazeraint, superlative most jazeraint)

1. Of the style of armor that is composed of small overlapping plates.
   • 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 68:

     Some authorities profess to discover jazeraint work in this representation, which was a method of defence much used in later centuries for archers' jacques and various other garments, but we have no right to assume that the Normans at that period carried such a heavy weight of armor as this would necessitate, or were acquainted with such a technical and complicated manufacture as jazeraint work.