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klappvisor

klappvisor is the alternative form of klappvisier.

Meaning of klappvisier

Noun

klappvisier (plural klappvisiers)

  1. (historical) A type of visor, found on medieval European (especially German) helmets, typically hinged at a single point in the middle of the brow of the helmet (rather than hinged on the sides of the skull).
    • Representations of the Sleeping Guard show war - hats as well as bascinets with Klappvisiers , as on the Easter Sepulchre in the Altertumsmuseum in the Grosse Garten at Dresden and in Constance Cathedral . They frequently appear in ...1935, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity

Forms of klappvisor

pluralklappvisors

Origin of klappvisor

Partial calque of German Klappvisier

Questions about klappvisor

What is klappvisor the alternative form of?
Klappvisor is the alternative form of klappvisier.

Words near klappvisor in the dictionary

  1. Klappers
  2. klapping
  3. Klapps
  4. klappvisier
  5. klappvisiers
  6. klappvisor
  7. klappvisors
  8. klaprothine
  9. klaprothite
  10. klaprotholite
  11. klaprotholites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: klappvisor (page history and authors); klappvisier (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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