camail, aventail, ventail
(noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• 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
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
