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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ACTON

Ac "ton, n. Etym: [OF. aketon, auqueton, F. hoqueton, a quilted jacket, fr. Sp. alcoton, algodon, cotton. Cf. Cotton. ]

 

Defn: A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later ) a jacket plated with mail. [Spelled also hacqueton. ] [Obs. ] Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.