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chapel de fer

/ʃæˈpɛl də ˈfɛəɹ/

chapel de fer noun: a kettle hat, a type of helmet.

Noun

chapel de fer (plural chapels de fer)

  1. (historical) A kettle hat, a type of helmet.
    • "Also sixteen chapels de fer, with seven broken wooden cross-bows." Joinville observes, that when the knights were wounded it became impossible very often, from the weight, and consequent fatigue, to put on their defensive [armor].1842, Samuel Rush Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, page 102, quoting an older work
    • […] knight has a chapel de fer with wreath, a collar of SS., and on his surcoat a chevron charged with […]1867, John Murray (firm), Handbook for Travellers in Yorkshire ..., page 170

Forms of chapel de fer

pluralchapels de fer

Origin of chapel de fer

From French chapel de fer.

Questions about chapel de fer

What does chapel de fer mean?
Chapel de fer means a kettle hat, a type of helmet.
What part of speech is chapel de fer?
Chapel de fer is a noun.
How do you pronounce chapel de fer?
Chapel de fer is pronounced /ʃæˈpɛl də ˈfɛəɹ/.
What is the plural of chapel de fer?
The plural of chapel de fer is chapels de fer.

Words near chapel de fer in the dictionary

  1. Chapel Arm
  2. Chapel Brampton
  3. chapel cart
  4. chapel carts
  5. Chapel Chorlton
  6. chapel de fer
  7. Chapel Flat
  8. Chapel Hill
  9. Chapel Lawn
  10. Chapel Milton
  11. chapel of ease

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