aventail
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av·en·tail
(ăv′ən-tāl′)n.
Neck and shoulder mail that is attached to a helmet.
[Middle English aventaille, aventail, beaver of a helmet, from Anglo-Norman, probably alteration of esventail, aventail, from Old French esventer, to let out air, ventilate, from Vulgar Latin *exventāre; see vent1.]
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aventail
(ˈævənˌteɪl) oraventaile
n
the movable front flap on a helmet
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ven•tail
(ˈvɛn teɪl)n.
a movable part on the lower front of a medieval helmet.
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Noun | 1. | aventail - a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck basinet - a medieval steel helmet hood - a headdress that protects the head and face |
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