camail

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Pronunciation

/kəˈmeɪl/

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/kəˈmeɪl/ · /ˈkæm.eɪl/

Definition of camail

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(historical)A piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders, replacing the whole-head coif.

“[…] the hood was increasingly replaced with a mail curtain (the camail or aventail) suspended from the outside of the bascinet, and the bascinet thus augmented gradually replaced the clumsy great helm as the principal defense […]”

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noun

(historical)A piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders, replacing the whole-head coif.

“[…] the hood was increasingly replaced with a mail curtain (the camail or aventail) suspended from the outside of the bascinet, and the bascinet thus augmented gradually replaced the clumsy great helm as the principal defense […]”
(historical)An ecclesiastical ornament worn by bishops.

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Borrowed in the late 1600s from French camail, from Old Occitan capmalh.

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