camail

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck

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

“Ye archiwives,* stand aye at defence, *wives of rank Since ye be strong as is a great camail,* *camel Nor suffer not that men do you offence. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
He followed him, and exhibited himself to the eyes of the crowd in his purple camail and with his episcopal cross upon his neck, side by side with the criminal bound with cords. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

aventail, ventail

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