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Aventail

Aventail Meaning & Definition
Aventail Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aventail?

[n] a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aventail: camail | ventail

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See Also | basinet | hood

Aventail In Webster's Dictionary

\Av"en*tail\, n. [OF. esventail. Cf. {Ventail}.] The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.

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