A coarse thick cloth used for the habits of monks. Thomson says it is the German al-bergen (cover-all) or Hals-bergen (neck-cover). (Essay on Magna Charta.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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