Barbute

Quick meaning: Barbute is a noun meaning A type of visorless helmet, of 15th-century Italian design, including a T or Y shaped opening for the eyes and mouth.

Meaning

A type of visorless helmet, of 15th-century Italian design, including a T or Y shaped opening for the eyes and mouth.

Example Sentences

Medium helmets weighing about six pounds occur in visored bassinets, salades, barbutes, armets and certain burganets.

In place of the visor, the barbute enclosed most of the face, leaving only relatively small openings for the eyes, nose, and mouth. Some barbutes, such as the one shown, appear to have been modeled on ancient Greek helmets.

Men and women laced their arming caps and donned their helmets—tall bassinets, practical kettle hats, or sturdy barbutes. Soldiers always rode out armed from head to foot—but only a novice or an overeager squire rode in his helmet or gauntlets.

Word Forms

• barbutes
• barbut
• barbuta
• barbuti

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include barbut, bicoque, bascinet, burgonet, armet, visor.

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