Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A helmet worn in the sixteenth century, in two forms: one without a vizor, formed like the morion, and frequently furnished with cheek-pieces and a movable nose-guard; the other with a vizor, and similar to the armet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
burgonet .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
burgonet .
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Examples
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At the tip of the steel wedge Conan roared his heathen battle-cry and swung his great sword in glittering arcs of death that made naught of steel burganet or mail haburgeon.
Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006
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Conan reeled out of the chamber, sword in hand, blood streaming down his face from under his burganet.
The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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And while the fallen king stared with burning eyes that reflected the bitter rage and humiliation that ate his heart, the squires stripped Valannus of mail shirt, burganet and leg-pieces, and clad him in Conan's armor of black plate-mail, with the vizored salade, and the dark plumes nodding over the wivern crest.
The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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And while the fallen king stared with burning eyes that reflected the bitter rage and humiliation that ate his heart, the squires stripped Valannus of mail shirt, burganet and leg-pieces, and clad him in Conan's armor of black plate-mail, with the vizored salade, and the dark plumes nodding over the wivern crest.
The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Conan reeled out of the chamber, sword in hand, blood streaming down his face from under his burganet.
The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Conan reeled out of the chamber, sword in hand, blood streaming down his face from under his burganet.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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And while the fallen king stared with burning eyes that reflected the bitter rage and humiliation that ate his heart, the squires stripped Valannus of mail shirt, burganet and leg-pieces, and clad him in Conan's armor of black plate-mail, with the vizored salade, and the dark plumes nodding over the wivern crest.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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At the tip of the steel wedge Conan roared his heathen battle-cry and swung his great sword in glittering arcs of death that made naught of steel burganet or mail haburgeon.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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Conan reeled out of the chamber, sword in hand, blood streaming down his face from under his burganet.
The Hour Of The Dragon Howard, Robert E. 1977
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And while the fallen king stared with burning eyes that reflected the bitter rage and humiliation that ate his heart, the squires stripped Valannus of mail shirt, burganet and leg-pieces, and clad him in Conan's armor of black plate-mail, with the vizored salade, and the dark plumes nodding over the wivern crest.
The Hour Of The Dragon Howard, Robert E. 1977
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