Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In medieval armor, a helm or helmet; specifically, a large helmet worn during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, usually over an inner defense, such as the coif of mail, or the basinet. It rested upon the shoulders, the head in some cases being free to move within it, and was worn only in battle. Its great weight led to the adoption of the armet, which adapted itself to the form of the head, and allowed of movement in all directions.
Wiktionary
- n. historical A large helmet extended to and rested on the shoulders, worn in the 12th and 13th centuries.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders; called also
helm .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders
Etymologies
- Old French helme (Middle French heaulme, modern French heaume). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“French language novel: Chien du heaume (Dog of?), Justine Niogret (Mnémos)”
“Le tout a du être surmonté d'un heaume, car on voit encore de chaque coté de l'écu des lignes courbes multiples, qui doivent nécessairement représenter les lambrequins; sur le côte gauche, un bout de banderolle, mais l'_artiste_ a dû abandonner sa première idée, car le haut de la banderolle se perd dans les lignes du lambrequin.”
“Il y en avoit qui laissoient le visage totalement d閏ouvert; d’autres qui, pour le garantir, portoient en avant une lame de fer; d’autres qui, comme le heaume, le couvroient en entier, haut et bas: ce qu’on appeloit visi鑢e et b鄓i鑢e.]”
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
“[Footnote: J’ai d閖� dit que la salade 閠oit un casque beaucoup moins lourd que le heaume.”
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
“Il y en avoit qui laissoient le visage totalement découvert; d'autres qui, pour le garantir, portoient en avant une lame de fer; d'autres qui, comme le heaume, le couvroient en entier, haut et bas: ce qu'on appeloit visière et bàvière.]”
“[Footnote: J'ai déjà dit que la salade étoit un casque beaucoup moins lourd que le heaume.”
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