burgonet

[ bur-guh-net, -nit, bur-guh-net ]

nounArmor.
  1. an open helmet, usually having a peak and hinged cheek pieces, and often accompanied by a buffe.

Origin of burgonet

1
1590–1600; Middle English burgon of Burgundy (<Middle French Bourgogne Burgundy) + -et, modeled on Middle French bourguignotte

Words Nearby burgonet

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How to use burgonet in a sentence

  • The wearing of the bascinet, salade, burgonet, and like helmets needs no detailed description.

    Armour &amp; Weapons | Charles John Ffoulkes
  • The helmet at the latter end of the seventeenth century is generally open and of the burgonet type.

    Armour &amp; Weapons | Charles John Ffoulkes
  • To those students who consult Meyrick it is advisable to give a word of warning as to this authors theory of the burgonet.

    Armour &amp; Weapons | Charles John Ffoulkes
  • The burgonet is of elegant outline, and bears a close enough resemblance to a Botian casque.

    Spanish Arms and Armour | Albert F. Calvert
  • The burgonet displays three masks—on the visor (which is in two pieces), and at the base of the skull.

    Spanish Arms and Armour | Albert F. Calvert

British Dictionary definitions for burgonet

burgonet

/ (ˈbɜːɡəˌnɛt) /


noun
  1. a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces

Origin of burgonet

1
C16: from French bourguignotte, from bourguignot of Burgundy, from Bourgogne Burgundy

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