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aventail

[ av-uhn-teyl ]

noun

, Armor.
  1. Also called camail. a mail tippet suspended from the lower edges of a 14th-century basinet as a protection for the neck, throat, and shoulders.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of aventail1

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French aventaille, equivalent to a- (< ?) + ventaille ventail

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