brasset
US/ˈbɹæs.ət/
brasset noun: a casque or armour covering for the head; a helmet. Also the alternative form of brassard.
Noun
brasset (plural brassets)
- A casque or armour covering for the head; a helmet.
- 2nd Arm. [...] Enlighten me, good Andalusian, in like fashion as thou bringest out the polish upon thy noble master's gold-inlaid lambrequins [helmet-draperies]. 1st Arm. [...] I will reveal to thee why I scrub this harness with a joyful spirit. It is because it will have to stand no rougher blows...1866, Digby Pilot Starkey, The Dole of Malaga: an Episode of History Dramatised, page 138
- Oh, that's a head-piece, called a casque; but they've lots o ' names for it — such like as 'morion,' or 'brasset,' or 'helmet.' That's what they call the vizard; they breathed through them perforated holes.1877, Charles Wareing E. Bardsley, John Lexley's troubles - Volume 1, page 96
Also used as
brasset is also the alternative form of brassard.
Examples of brasset in a sentence
- Now, see this dint here—not in the back, idle Catalan, but here, betwixt the brasset and hauberk.1866, Digby Pilot Starkey, The Dole of Malaga: an Episode of History Dramatised, page 138:
- The manner of arming a newly-made knight was first to put on the spurs, then the coat-of-mail, the cuirass, the brasset or casque, and the gauntlets.1879, Albert Gallatin Mackey, “Knighthood”, in An encyclopædia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences, page 400:
Forms of brasset
| plural | brassets |
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Origin of brasset
Attested since at least 1676 for arm-armour (see brassard). Application to helmets dates to at least the 1840s, of obscure origin, perhaps a misinterpretation: an early mention in Alphonso Wood's 1845 Class-book of Botany defines it broadly ("Eng. brasset signifies a helmet or target", i.e. shield), and around this time antiquarians spread mistaken definitions of several other armor terms (e.g. manefaire, passguard).
Questions about brasset
- What does brasset mean?
- Brasset means a casque or armour covering for the head; a helmet.
- How do you use brasset in a sentence?
- Now, see this dint here—not in the back, idle Catalan, but here, betwixt the brasset and hauberk.
- What part of speech is brasset?
- Brasset is a noun.
- How do you pronounce brasset?
- Brasset is pronounced /ˈbɹæs.ət/ (US).
- What is the plural of brasset?
- The plural of brasset is brassets.
Words near brasset in the dictionary
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