Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sallet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sallet \Sal"let\, Salleting \Sal"let*ing\, n.
Salad. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sallet \Sal"let\ (s[a^]l"l[e^]t), n. [F. salade, Sp. celada, or
It. celata, fr. L. (cassis) caelata, fr. caelare, caelatum,
to engrave in relief. So called from the figures engraved
upon it.]
A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced
during the 15th century. [Written also {salade}.]
Then he must have a sallet wherewith his head may be
saved. --Latimer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sallet
n : a light medieval helmet with a slit for vision [syn: {sallade}]
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