English Explanatory Dictionary

aketon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.

Pronunciation

/ˈæk.(ə.)tən/

Word forms

aketon aketons acton hacqueton haqueton haketon

Etymology

From Middle English aketoun, aketon, from Old French aqueton, auqueton, alqueton, from Old Spanish alcoton (modern algodón), from Arabic الْقُطْن (al-quṭn), definite of قُطْن (quṭn, “cotton”). Doublet of cotton.

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