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A gambeson (or aketon or padded jack or arming doublet) is a padded defensive jacket, worn as armour separately, or combined with mail or plate armour. Gambesons were produced with a sewing technique called quilting. Usually constructed of linen or wool, the stuffing varied, and could be for example scrap cloth or horse hair. During the 14th century, illustrations usually show buttons or laces up the front. An arming doublet (also called aketon) worn under armour, particularly plate armour of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe, contains arming points for attaching plates. Fifteenth century examples may include goussets sewn into the elbows and armpits to protect the wearer in locations not covered by plate. German gothic armour arming doublets were generally shorter than Italian white armour doublets, which could extend to the upper thigh. In late fifteenth century Italy this also became a civilian fashion. Men who were not knights wore arming doublets, probably because the garment suggested status and chivalry.〔(Fashion in European Armor, 1400–1500 ) Dirk H. Breiding, Department of Arms and Armor, The Metropolitan Museum of Art〕 ==Etymology== The term ''gambeson'' is a loan from Old French ''gambeson'', ''gambaison'', originally ''wambais'', formed after the Middle High German term ''wambeis'' "doublet", in turn from Old High German ''wamba'' "stomach" (cognate to ''womb''.) The term ''aketon'', originally medieval French ''alcottonem'' might be a loan from Arabic ''al-qutn'' "cotton (definite article - ''the'' cotton)." In medieval Norse, the garment was known as ''vápntreyja'', lit. "weapon shirt," or ''panzari/panzer''.〔Heggstad, Leiv, Finn Hødnebø, Erik Simensen (2008), ''Norrøn Ordbok'', Det norske samlaget, Oslo,pp. 477,703-704〕''Treyja'' is a loan from (Middle) Low German. ''Panzari/panzer'' is probably also a loan from (Middle) Low German, though the word has its likely origin in Italian, and is related to Latin ''pantex'' 'abdomen.'〔bokmalsordboka.uio.no〕 Also known as: Aketon, acton, arming coat, auqueton, gambeson, hacketon, haqueton, panzari/panzer, vápntreyja, wambais, wambesium, wambuis or wambs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gambeson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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