Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Acton"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acton \Ac"ton\, n. [OF. aketon, auqueton, F. hoqueton, a quilted
jacket, fr. Sp. alcoton, algodon, cotton. Cf. {Cotton}.]
A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket
plated with mail. [Spelled also {hacqueton}.] [Obs.]
--Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.
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