Aventail
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈævənteɪl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Aventail is a noun meaning A curtain or flap of mail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.
Meaning
A curtain or flap of mail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.
More Meanings
- Synonym of ventail (“movable (solid plate) front to a helmet”).
Example Sentences
[…] the hood was increasingly replaced with a mail curtain (the camail or aventail) suspended from the outside of the bascinet, and the bascinet thus augmented gradually replaced the clumsy great helm as the principal defense […]
Word Forms
- aventails
- aventaile
Synonyms for aventail
Depending on context, synonyms include camail, ventail.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ventail, camail, aventaile, ventaille, cloak, helmet.
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