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buffe

or buff

[ buhf ]

noun

, Armor.
  1. plate armor for the lower part of the face and the throat, used with a burgonet.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of buffe1

1590–1600; < Middle French < Italian buffa, probably special use of buffa puff of breath, hard breath; buffoon

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Example Sentences

It was completed by a "buffe," or chin-piece, similar to the bavier.

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