ACTON


Meaning of ACTON in English

/ak"teuhn/ , n. Armor.

a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.

Also, ackton, aketon .

[ 1250-1300; ME aketoun, OF a ( u ) queton algodon al-qutun the cotton ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .