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Ventail

Ventail Meaning & Definition
Ventail Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ventail?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ventail: aventail | camail

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See Also | basinet | hood

Ventail In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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