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A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck
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ventail
Word definitions for ventail in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ventail \Vent"ail\, n. [OF. ventaille, F. ventail. See Ventilate , and cf. Aventail .] That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, -- sometimes in the visor. --Spenser. Her ventail up so high that he descried Her goodly visage and ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A piece of armor used to protect the neck. 2 (context historical English) The movable front part of a helmet, originally including the visor but later specifically the separate lower section. 3 (context obsolete rare English) ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck [syn: camail , aventail ]
Usage examples of ventail.
Had it not been for Design Toscano Historical Reproductions for Home and Garden, I might never have learned that the three parts of a sixteenth-century close helmet are the visor, the ventail, and the beaver.