aventail

av·en·tail

noun

Neck and shoulder mail that is attached to a helmet.

Origin of aventail

Middle English aventaille aventail, beaver of a helmet from Anglo-Norman probably alteration of esventail aventail from Old French esventer to let out air, ventilate from Vulgar Latin exventāre ; see vent ¹.

aventail

c. 1390-1410 basinet helmet with aventail

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