Aventail

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aventail \Av"en*tail\, n. [OF. esventail. Cf. {Ventail}.]
     The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  aventail
       n : a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect
           the head and neck [syn: {camail}, {ventail}]