armet

• In many cases a vizor, or other face protection, and a chin-piece are found in addition, so that this piece of armour is sometimes mistaken for an armet (_q.v._), but it can always be distinguished by the projecting brim in front. —  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
• One by one the knights yielded, but Bayard saw a Burgundian gentleman on the bank who, overcome by the great heat of that August day, had taken off his "armet" (helmet) and was too exhausted to think about taking prisoners. —  Bayard: the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach
• Here to the wyldernes as armet geon he —  Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See
• August day, had taken off his "armet" (helmet) and was too exhausted to think about taking prisoners. —  Bayard: the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach
• And now he showed me pieces of armour, that is, a vizored headpiece or armet, with cuirass, backplates, pauldrons and vambraces, all very richly gilded, the which it seemed he had chosen for my defence. —  Martin Conisby's Vengeance

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