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cervelliere

/ˌsɛɹ.vəlˈjɛɚ/

cervelliere noun: a metal skullcap.

cervelliere: a metal skullcap
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Noun

cervelliere (plural cervellieres)

  1. A metal skullcap.
    • Of a certain quantity of leathern coats, of gorgets, cervellieres, &c. of gorgets and cervellieres two hundred and fifty.1821, Archaeologia: Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, page 143
    • The visored basinet of Eustace de Ribemont is indeed altogether gilt, and as there are tasseled cords which come from underneath, he has probably a cervelliere of mail attached to his camail.1842, S.R. Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, as it Existed in Europe, Particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II: Ill, page 24

Examples of cervelliere in a sentence

  • And they should likewise check that they have not sharpened the vervelles of the cervellieres.2010, Noel Fallows, Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia, Boydell Press, →ISBN, page 4:
  • By 1400 it had developed into a cervelliere, or brain guard, which fitted under the bascinet.2016, Matthew Bennett, Doyne Dawson, Ron Field, Philip Hawthornwaite, Mike Loades, The History of Warfare: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the...
  • The infantry also made an extensive use of iron hats of various kinds but also bascinets with or without camail, and little iron cap known as cervelliere.2016, Bruno Mugnai, History&Uniforms 9 ENG, Soldiershop Publishing, →ISBN:
  • William Longespee wears exactly the same mail pieces, including the cervelliere.2017, RachelAnn Dressler, Of Armor and Men in Medieval England: The Chivalric Rhetoric of Three English Knights' Effigies, Routledge...

Forms of cervelliere

pluralcervellieres
alternative formcerveliere

Origin of cervelliere

From French cervelière, from Latin.

Questions about cervelliere

What does cervelliere mean?
Cervelliere means a metal skullcap.
How do you use cervelliere in a sentence?
And they should likewise check that they have not sharpened the vervelles of the cervellieres.
What part of speech is cervelliere?
Cervelliere is a noun.
How do you pronounce cervelliere?
Cervelliere is pronounced /ˌsɛɹ.vəlˈjɛɚ/.
What is the plural of cervelliere?
The plural of cervelliere is cervellieres.

Words near cervelliere in the dictionary

  1. cerveliere
  2. cervelieres
  3. cervelière
  4. cervelières
  5. cervelleite
  6. cervelliere
  7. cervellieres
  8. Cervenka
  9. Cervenka syndrome
  10. Cervenkas
  11. Cerveny

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