aventail

[ av-uhn-teyl ]

noun

, Armor.

1. Also called camail. a mail tippet suspended from the lower edges of a 14th-century basinet as a protection for the neck, throat, and shoulders.
2. ventail.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aventail¹

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French aventaille, equivalent to a- (< ?) + ventaille ventail