Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ventail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ventail \Vent"ail\, n. [OF. ventaille, F. ventail. See
{Ventilate}, and cf. {Aventail}.]
That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of
air, -- sometimes in the visor. --Spenser.
Her ventail up so high that he descried Her goodly
visage and her beauty's pride. --Fairfax.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ventail
n : a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect
the head and neck [syn: {camail}, {aventail}]
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