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Definition of Camail
1. Noun. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
Definition of Camail
1. n. A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece.
Definition of Camail
1. Noun. (obsolete) A piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) An ecclesiastical ornament worn by bishops. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Camail
1. a piece of armor for the neck [n -S] : CAMAILED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camail
Literary usage of Camail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Costume as Illustrated by Monumental Brasses by Herbert Druitt (1906)
"GORGET or STANDARD of plate, superseding the camail. BREASTPLATE (with corresponding
back-plate] as in the transitional period. SKIRT OF TACES, varying in ..."
2. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"It is edged with crimson; the episcopal camail is violet. Mumpsimus. The nickname
for persons obstinate in religious matters; used by Henry VIII. in ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The desire for a better defence than a steel cap and camail and a less cumbrous
one than the great helm, in which the knight rode half stifled and half ..."
4. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"The manner in which the camail was fastened to the bassinet by staples and lace has
... In order to prevent the lance from passing beneath the camail to the ..."
5. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London by Society of Antiquaries of London (1849)
"The armour in this instance consists of the coiffe de mailles, camail, hauberk,
... The coiffe, and upper portion of the camail, which would have been ..."
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