In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VENTAILS
Noun
ventails
plural of ventail
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• Levitans, Valentis
Source: Wiktionary
VENTAIL
Vent"ail, n. Etym: [OF. ventaille, F. ventail. See Ventilate, and cf. Aventail.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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