salet
English
Noun
salet (plural salets)
- A helmet, also sometimes called a salade or celate.
- 1786: Father Daniel defines a Salet to be a sort of light casque, without a crest, sometimes having a visor, and sometimes without one. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11.
Anagrams
- Astle, ETLAs, Slate, Teals, Tesla, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, setal, slate, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, telas, tesla
Dutch
Alternative forms
- zalet (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from French salette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saːˈlɛt/
- Hyphenation: sa‧let
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
salet n (plural saletten, diminutive saletje n)
- A salon, a small room where one receives guests.
- (obsolete) An upper-class party or similar formal meeting where one socialises; often of a type traditionally organised and attended by ladies, such as a tea party.
Derived terms
- saletjonker
Related terms
- salon
- zaal