aventail

English

Alternative forms

aventaile

Etymology

From Middle English aventayle, from Old French esventail (“air-hole”), from esventer (Modern French éventer), from Latin ex (“out”) + ventus (“wind”).

Noun

aventail (plural aventails)

(chain mail armour) the flap or adjustable part of the hood of mail, which when unfastened allowed the hood to drop upon the shoulders.
(solid armour) The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.

Translations

adjustable mail protecting the neck

Catalan: collar (ca) m
German: Helmbrünne f

Italian: camaglio m
Portuguese: camal (pt) m

References

aventail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914

Anagrams

alvanite, valentia, vanalite