‖ ˈhaustement Obs.
An under-garment fitting the body, over which the armour was worn. (Planché Encycl. Costume.)
| a 1483 in Archæol. XVII. 292 An haustement for the body with sleevis. 1821 S. R. Meyrick Ibid. XX. 497 The Haustement of Ajustement..was made to the shape and worn with the shirt..The doublet and haustement of this period supplied the place of the wambais and hoqueton previously worn. |