Crossword clues for ventail
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 her beauty's pride.
--Fairfax.
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) That part of a medieval helmet which is intended for the admission of air.
WordNet
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.