aventail

av·en·tail

(ăv′ən-tāl′)

Neck and shoulder mail that is attached to a helmet.

[Middle English aventaille, aventail, beaver of a helmet, from Anglo-Norman, probably alteration of esventail, aventail, from Old French esventer, to let out air, ventilate, from Vulgar Latin *exventāre; see vent¹.]

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aventail

(ˈævənˌteɪl) or

aventaile

the movable front flap on a helmet

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ven•tail

(ˈvɛn teɪl)

n.

a movable part on the lower front of a medieval helmet.

[1300–50; Middle English < Middle French ventaille=vent (< Latin ventus wind¹) + -aille -al²]

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aventail - a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck

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basinet - a medieval steel helmet

hood - a headdress that protects the head and face

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