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vervelles

vervelles is the plural of vervelle.

Meaning of vervelle

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

Questions about vervelles

What is vervelles the plural of?
Vervelles is the plural of vervelle.

Words near vervelles in the dictionary

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

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