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salet

salet is the alternative form of sallet.

Meaning of sallet

Noun

sallet (plural sallets)

  1. (historical) A type of light spherical combat helmet used in the 15th century.
    • At Hampton Court, sallets for archers on horseback, sallets with grates, and old sallets with vizards: At Windsor, salettes and skulls: At Calais, saletts with vysars and bevers, and salets with bevers.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11

Forms of salet

pluralsalets

Questions about salet

What is salet the alternative form of?
Salet is the alternative form of sallet.

Words near salet in the dictionary

  1. saleswomanship
  2. saleswomen
  3. saleswork
  4. salesy
  5. salesyard
  6. salet
  7. Salet-Bulangon
  8. salets
  9. salework
  10. saleworthy
  11. saleyard

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