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GAMBESON
Definition of GAMBESON
noun
A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted, often worn as padding under armor.
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Other senses
GAMBESON carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A garment worn originally under the habergeon, made sometimes of leather, sometimes of thick stuff, and even wadded, to guard against bruises which might result from blows received upon the mail.
noun
Same as gambison.
noun
A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.
Where it comes from
From Middle English gambison, from Old French gambeson, gambaison, from gambais, wambais (“quilted jerkin”), from Medieval Latin wambāsium (“doublet, waistcoat”), from Frankish *wamba (“abdomen, belly”), from Proto-Germanic *wambō (“belly, womb”): compare Middle High German wambeis, German Wams (“waistcoat, doublet”), from Old High German wamba (“stomach”). More at womb.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAMBESON · 1 relative in the game
GAMBESON in a sentence
“I could see the ankle-length gambeson as a great base for any kind of armoured character, honestly.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GAMBESON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAMBESON starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEGMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 30
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