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UMBRIERE
Noun
umbriere (plural umbrieres)
Alternative form of umbrere
"But onely vented up her umbriere" (Spenser's Faerie Queene, Book III, Canto 1, Stanza 42, line 8)
Source: Wiktionary
Um*brere, Um*briere, n. Etym: [F. ombre a shade, L. umbra; cf. F. ombrelle a sunshade, OF. also ombrière. See Umbrella.]
Definition: In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril. [Obs.] But only vented up her umbriere. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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