camail
/kəˈmeɪl/
camail noun: a piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders, replacing the whole-head coif.
Noun
camail (plural camails)
- A piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders, replacing the whole-head coif.
- […] 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:
- aventail
- An ecclesiastical ornament worn by bishops.
Synonyms of camail
Forms of camail
| plural | camails |
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Origin of camail
Borrowed in the late 1600s from French camail, from Old Occitan capmalh.
Words formed from camail
Words that rhyme with camail
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- veil
- pale
- avail
- wale
- whale
- bail
- hail
- yale
- bale
- snail
- travail
- brail
- exhale
- frail
- jail
- prevail
- swale
- vail
- wail
- derail
- dwale
- entail
- flail
- Gail
- gayle
- impale
- kale
- quail
- regale
- spale
- thumbnail
- white whale
- ale
- curtail
- drail
- gale
- inhale
- retail
- shale
- tael
- unveil
- ail
- all hail
- assail
- ayel
- beyond the pale
- braille
- cakes and ale
Questions about camail
- What does camail mean?
- Camail means a piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders, replacing the whole-head coif.
- What part of speech is camail?
- Camail is a noun.
- How do you pronounce camail?
- Camail is pronounced /kəˈmeɪl/.
- What is the plural of camail?
- The plural of camail is camails.
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