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vervelle

/vɜɹˈvɛl/

vervelle noun: a rivet containing a hole, or a staple, on a medieval helmet, by which a camail was attached (or rarely, on another piece of armor, by which e.g. a lance rest was attached).

vervelle: a rivet containing a hole, or a staple, on a medieval helmet, by which a camail was attached (or...
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Noun

vervelle (plural vervelles)

  1. (historical) A rivet containing a hole, or a staple, on a medieval helmet, by which a camail was attached (or rarely, on another piece of armor, by which e.g. a lance rest was attached).
    • ... covering the neck and shoulders like a tippet; the camail was attached to the bascinet by a lace drawn through vervelles or small staples; in some examples this arrangement is distinctly exhibited, but in others the vervelles are ...1847, Charles Boutell, Monumental Brasses and Slabs: An Historical and Descriptive Notice of the Incised Monumental Memorials of the Middle Ages : with Numerous Illustrations, page 49
    • [page 4:] And they should likewise check that they have not sharpened the vervelles of the cervellieres.
      [page 84:] The vervelles, or staples, were arranged vertically on the right-hand side of the breastplate as can clearly be seen on Real Armería reinforcing breastplate e59 and the Avant armour...2010, Noel Fallows, Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia, Boydell Press, →ISBN

Forms of vervelle

pluralvervelles

Origin of vervelle

Borrowed from French vervelle.

Questions about vervelle

What does vervelle mean?
Vervelle means a rivet containing a hole, or a staple, on a medieval helmet, by which a camail was attached (or rarely, on another piece of armor, by which e.g. a lance rest was attached).
What part of speech is vervelle?
Vervelle is a noun.
How do you pronounce vervelle?
Vervelle is pronounced /vɜɹˈvɛl/.
What is the plural of vervelle?
The plural of vervelle is vervelles.

Words near vervelle in the dictionary

  1. vervein
  2. verveine
  3. vervel
  4. verveled
  5. verveless
  6. vervelle
  7. vervelled
  8. vervelles
  9. vervels
  10. vervet
  11. vervet monkey

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