Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aventail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aventail \Av"en*tail\, n. [OF. esventail. Cf. {Ventail}.]
The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aventail
n : a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect
the head and neck [syn: {camail}, {ventail}]
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