burgonet

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbɝ.ɡəˌnɛt/
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/ˈbɝ.ɡəˌnɛt/ · /ˌbɝ.ɡəˈnɛt/ · /ˈbɜː.ɡəˌnɛt/ · /ˌbɜː.ɡəˈnɛt/

Definition of burgonet

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
    “He stroke so hugely with his borrowd blade, / That it empierst the Pagans burganet, / And cleauing the hard steele, did deepe inuade / Into his head […]”

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Etymology

From Old French bourguignotte (modern bourguignote), from Bourgogne (“Burgundy”), perhaps influenced by Middle English burgon (“Burgundian”).

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