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Definition of Aventail
1. Noun. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
Definition of Aventail
1. n. The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.
Definition of Aventail
1. Noun. (context: chain mail armour) the flap or adjustable part of the hood of mail, which when unfastened allowed the hood to drop upon the shoulders. ¹
2. Noun. (context: solid armour) The movable front to a helmet; the ventail. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aventail
1. ventail [n -S] - See also: ventail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aventail
Literary usage of Aventail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt, Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon Dillon (1885)
"aventail. In " The Adventures of Arthur at the ... contrivances for defending
the face were confounded together under the term aventail, or avant taille; ..."
2. Spanish Arms and Armour: Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the by Albert Frederick Calvert (1907)
"About the middle of the century the aventail, or hinged opening for the face,
was introduced, and accordingly we find St. Ferdinand (represented in the ..."
3. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"AdventNet Look and Feel Standards I aventail Connect License File (aventail.ALF) •
VPCom Remote User Configuration File • LANDesk Client Manager ..."
4. Costume in England: A History of Dress from the Earliest Period Till the by Frederick William Fairholt (1846)
"See pp. 99100, and note, for an engraving and description of that upon the effigy
of Queen Berengaria, wife of Richard the First. aventail. ..."
5. Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of (1901)
"It was in all cases provided with an " aventail," the movable front which covered
the face and could be raised when not in use. ..."
6. Costume in England: A History of Dress from the Earliest Period Until the by Frederick William Fairholt (1860)
"aventail. In The Adventures of Arthur at the ... contrivances for defending the
face were confounded together under the term aventail, or avant faille; ..."
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