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camail

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ca⋅mail

  [kuh-meyl]
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–noun
aventail (def. 1).
Origin:
1660–70; < F < OPr capmalh, equiv. to cap head (see chief ) + malh mail 2

Related forms:
ca⋅mailed, adjective

av⋅en⋅tail

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

noun
a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck 
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