"hounskull" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1933, Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity",
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          "ref": "1971, Helmut Nickel, Arms and Armour Through the Ages",
          "text": "The big helmets that might have given many knights claustrophobia were gradually abolished for “hounskulls”, close-fitting steel caps with pointed visors that could be flicked open for easier breathing.",
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          "text": "Others showed signs of traumatic impact: a hounskull bascinet, split across the snout as if by an axe; a piece of chainmail, smashed breast to waist by a lance or a spiked mace.",
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          "text": "There were knights everywhere, all around him a chaos of ghastly pointed hounskulls, a kaleidoscope of crosses and coats of arms on shields, a hurricane of flashing swords, a maelstrom of horses' teeth, chests and hooves.",
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