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camails

camails is the plural of camail.

Meaning of camail

Noun

camail (plural camails)

  1. (historical) 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
  2. (historical) An ecclesiastical ornament worn by bishops.

Questions about camails

What is camails the plural of?
Camails is the plural of camail.

Words near camails in the dictionary

  1. camaieu
  2. camaieus
  3. camaieux
  4. camail
  5. camailed
  6. camails
  7. Camaj
  8. camakau
  9. camakaus
  10. Camalaniugan
  11. Camaldolensian

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