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aventail

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av⋅en⋅tail

  [av-uhn-teyl]
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–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.
2. ventail.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < AF aventaille, equiv. to a- (< ?) + ventaille ventail

ven⋅tail

  [ven-teyl]
–noun
1. the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
2. a flap of mail attached to a coif and fastened across the lower part of the face during combat.
Also, aventail.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF ventaille, equiv. to vent (< L ventus wind 1 ) + -aille -al 2
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aventail

noun
a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck [syn: camail] 
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