barong-bakal
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From baro (“clothing”) + -ng- + bakal (“iron”), literally “iron tunic”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barong-bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔) (obsolete)
- coat of mail used by Castilians
References edit
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 198: “Cota) Barongbacal (pp) de malla que [vſan los] caſtillas, duo dic: baro, bacal. |. ſayo de hierro”