Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A medieval light helmet with a neck guard and movable visor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The most complete and perfect defensive head-covering of the middle ages, introduced about 1450, and remaining in use until the abandonment of the closed headpiece, more than a century later. It was lighter than the heaume and even the basinet, and was a better protection than the sallet. (See these words.) It fitted the head well, allowed of some movement, and had openings for sight and breathing. It was forged in many parts, which fitted together accurately and were secured by hinges, hooks, and the like, and when closed was very rigid and firm.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard
Etymologies
- Old French, alteration (influenced by Old Italian elmetto, helmet) of arme, weapon; see arm2. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“August day, had taken off his "armet" (helmet) and was too exhausted to think about taking prisoners.”
“Story Structure #5: Positional Scenes mood: No armet yet”
“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"
“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.”
“Toronto's Impact Machine Design Inc. also has a U.S. patent pending for a radically redesigned helmet called the "Vault," inspired in part by a 14th+-century Italian armet.”
“279 Smote on his neck, his neck Unfenced, for he in haste aroused had cast An armet on.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘armet’.
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[Open] “What’s that on your head?”
Headgear: “anything worn on the head” (that isn’t part of the head). Hats are fine, but for a more detailed, wider selection of fashionable hats in all colors and sizes, please see Reese Tee’s li...
goggles, wig, headdress, cap, hackamore, halter, bridle, beanie, turban, hat, crown, chapeau and 126 more...
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Greek Fire
being items related to mediaeval warfare, arms and armaments.
caltrop, ballista, trebuchet, mangonel, petard, onager, petrary, hurlbat, francisca, crossbow, longbow, flail and 97 more...
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Good Words
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Wordnik Words
Words that appear on the home page of Wordnik.
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Field Mass
for the same
fanon, armet, wether, filibuster, shadoof, shabrack, mai, sainfoin, sand-crack, panoply, guerdon, flunky and 233 more...
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fitting words
a list of words from the indo european root ar- and variations : to fit together
ambry, rede, coarctate, anarthrous, artiodactyl, exordium, harmony, army, armoire, arm, armada, armadillo and 349 more...
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medieval terms
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Awesome
Awesome words
mimsy, concupiscence, tumescent, ophidian, houri, vorpal, cyprian, Delphic, incipient, effete, existential, loam and 289 more...
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Military
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Words
I've looked up.
addax, aitch, effulgence, quaternary, glycyrrhizin, guernsey, gnomon, clepsydra, augury, vacua, gossypol, diol and 21 more...
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words to learn
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words i learned from diablo ii
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eldritch, cuirass, hauberk, stygian, bovine, scimitar, succubus, scarab, wraith, shako, fulminate, armet and 1 more...
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Scrabble
This list will help me beat Craig Fortier in Scrabble.
addax, kea, armet, vraic, verst, auric, thane, kef, kif, amort, ken, abaci and 2 more...
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