sayon

Updated: July 23, 2026

This "sarrau," in which an antiquary would have recognized the "saye," or the "sayon" of the Gauls, ended at his middle, where it was fastened to two leggings of goatskin by slivers, or thongs of wood, roughly cut, some of them still covered with their peel or bark. Enormous sabots hid his feet.

Honoré de Balzac - The Chouans