camail

How to use camail in a sentence

• In these brasses we find that the camail has become the Standard of Mail, or collarette, worn under the gorget of plate.

  Armour & Weapons | Charles John Ffoulkes

• The jupon was a garment which covered the body from the camail to just above the knees.

  Chats on Military Curios | Stanley C. Johnson

• A high collar of steel was next added as a substitute for the camail.

  A Complete Guide to Heraldry | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

• This is called the camail period because by this time the custom of wearing the camail had become universal.

  A Handbook of Pictorial History | Henry W. Donald

• The sculptured effigy of the Black Prince on his tomb at Canterbury is a typical representation of a knight of the camail period.

  A Handbook of Pictorial History | Henry W. Donald