aventail

English - English

Definition of aventail in English English dictionary

The movable front to a helmet; the ventail

the flap or adjustable part of the hood of mail, which when unfastened allowed the hood to drop upon the shoulders

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

Mail, attached to the bottom edge of a helmet, often by vervelles, covering the neck and shoulders

A skirt of mail attached to a bascinet or armet during the 14th and 15th centuries It defends the neck from attack, usually hanging to at least 1" below the shoulder point for bascinets Generally it was attached to a leather cuff that wrapped around the base of the bascinet and up the cheeks, which was pierced with holes and laced to the helmet through vervelles

A curtain of mail attached by means of staples(vervelles) around the base of a helmet(especially the basinet), and covering the shoulders

A curtain of mail attached by means of staples around the base of a helmet This protects the neck and the shoulders

Hyphenation

av·en·tail

Etymology

() From Middle English aventayle, from Old French esventail air-hole, from esventer (Modern French éventer), from Latin ex out + ventus'' wind