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aventail

/ˈævənteɪl/

aventail noun: a curtain or flap of mail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.

aventail: a curtain or flap of mail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower...
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Noun

aventail (plural aventails)

  1. A curtain or flap of mail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.
    • […] the hood was increasingly replaced with a mail curtain (the camail or aventail) suspended from the outside of the bascinet, and the bascinet thus augmented gradually replaced the clumsy great helm as the principal defense […]1995, William W. Kibler, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 126
    Synonyms:
    camail, ventail
  2. Synonym of ventail (“movable (solid plate) front to a helmet”).
    Synonyms:
    ventail

aventail meaning in Tamil and Bengali

aventail in Tamil

கலசத்தில் திறந்து மூடத்தக்க தகடு

aventail in Bengali

একটি কামিজের ছিদ্রযুক্ত পর্দা, কপাটিকা

Synonyms of aventail

Forms of aventail

pluralaventails
alternative formaventaile

Origin of aventail

From Middle English aventayle, from Old French esventail (“air-hole”), from esventer (Modern French éventer), from Latin ex (“out”) + ventus (“wind”). Related to ventail.

Questions about aventail

What does aventail mean?
Aventail means a curtain or flap of mail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.
What is aventail in Tamil?
Aventail in Tamil is கலசத்தில் திறந்து மூடத்தக்க தகடு. See Aventail meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aventail?
Aventail is a noun.
How do you pronounce aventail?
Aventail is pronounced /ˈævənteɪl/.
What is the plural of aventail?
The plural of aventail is aventails.

Words near aventail in the dictionary

  1. avenor
  2. avenors
  3. avens
  4. avenses
  5. Avent
  6. aventail
  7. aventaile
  8. aventailes
  9. aventails
  10. Aventine
  11. Aventine Hill

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