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noun
A type of mediaeval helmet which fully enclosed the head and face, first found in the 1420s in Milan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: helmet
History
From French armet, from Middle French armet, heaumet, from Old French helmet, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *helm (“helmet”). Doublet of helm and helmet.
Across languages
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