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ventail
[ ven-teyl ]
noun
- the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
- a flap of mail attached to a coif and fastened across the lower part of the face during combat.
ventail
/ ˈɛԳٱɪ /
noun
- (in medieval armour) a covering for the lower part of the face
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ventail1
C14: from Old French ventaille sluice, from vent wind, from Latin ventus
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Now the iron hulk lay, as obediently as ever, while the bare-legged man pressed its own swordpoint through the ventail of the visor.
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The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.
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Two thousand were there that for sorrow for the four knights unlaced their ventails, and tore their hair and their beards.
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Erec grabs him by the helmet and forcibly drags it from his head, and unlaces the ventail, so that his head and face are completely exposed.
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He maketh them take off their helmets and lower their ventails, and then kiss one another, afterward he leadeth them to his hermitage.
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