Note 522 — THE TRAVELS OF BERTRANDON DE LA BROCQUIÈRE. (continued 3)

Glaçon, or glachon, a kind of defensive armour. The French called "glaçon," a sort of fine cloth that was doubtless glazed. Glaçon, in German, was perhaps a kind of coat-armour made of many folds of quilted cloth, such as our gambisons. Perhaps it may be only a cuirass. [522]