sallet
/ˈsælɪt/
sallet noun: a type of light spherical combat helmet used in the 15th century. Also the archaic form of salad.
Noun
sallet (plural sallets)
- 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
- Ursula wore that day a hauberk under her gown, and was helmed with a sallet; and because of her armour she rode upon a little horse.1896, William Morris, chapter 29, in The Well at the World's End, volume II, London, New York, and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., book IV, page 258
Also used as
sallet is also the archaic form of salad.
Forms of sallet
| plural | sallets |
|---|---|
| alternative form | salet |
| alternative form | salade |
| alternative form | celate |
Origin of sallet
From Middle French salade, from Spanish celada, thought to be from Latin caelāta (“ornamentally engraved [helmet]”) (although the Latin word is not attested in this sense).
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Words that rhyme with sallet
Questions about sallet
- What does sallet mean?
- Sallet means a type of light spherical combat helmet used in the 15th century.
- What part of speech is sallet?
- Sallet is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sallet?
- Sallet is pronounced /ˈsælɪt/.
- What is the plural of sallet?
- The plural of sallet is sallets.
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