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chapels de fer

chapels de fer is the plural of chapel de fer.

Meaning of chapel de fer

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

Questions about chapels de fer

What is chapels de fer the plural of?
Chapels de fer is the plural of chapel de fer.

Words near chapels de fer in the dictionary

  1. Chapelon
  2. Chapelons
  3. chapelries
  4. chapelry
  5. chapels
  6. chapels de fer
  7. chapels of ease
  8. chapels of rest
  9. Chapeltique
  10. Chapelton
  11. Chapeltown

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