"aventail" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈævənteɪl/ Forms: aventails [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English aventayle, from Old French esventail (“air-hole”), from esventer (Modern French éventer), from Latin ex (“out”) + ventus (“wind”). Related to ventail. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aventayle}} Middle English aventayle, {{der|en|fro|esventail||air-hole}} Old French esventail (“air-hole”), {{der|en|la|ex||out}} Latin ex (“out”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} aventail (plural aventails)
  1. A curtain or flap of chainmail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders. Categories (topical): Armor Synonyms: camail, ventail (english: piece of chainmail) Translations (adjustable mail protecting the neck): collar [masculine] (Catalan), Helmbrünne [feminine] (German), camaglio [masculine] (Italian), camal [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-aventail-en-noun-UfXyVsAY Disambiguation of Armor: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'adjustable mail protecting the neck': 90 10
  2. Synonym of ventail (“movable (solid plate) front to a helmet”). Categories (topical): Armor Synonyms: ventail [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-aventail-en-noun-oYWptZ7h Disambiguation of Armor: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aventaile

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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