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AVENTAIL
camail, aventail, ventail
(noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aventail (plural aventails)
(chain mail armour) The flap or adjustable part of the hood of mail, which when unfastened allowed the hood to drop upon the shoulders.
(solid armour) The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.
Anagrams
• alvanite, valentia, vanalite
Source: Wiktionary
Av"en*tail, n. Etym: [OF. esventail. Cf. Ventail.]
Definition: The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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