burgonet
an open helmet, usually having a peak and hinged cheek pieces, and often accompanied by a buffe.
Origin of burgonet
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How to use burgonet in a sentence
The wearing of the bascinet, salade, burgonet, and like helmets needs no detailed description.
Armour & Weapons | Charles John FfoulkesThe helmet at the latter end of the seventeenth century is generally open and of the burgonet type.
Armour & Weapons | Charles John FfoulkesTo those students who consult Meyrick it is advisable to give a word of warning as to this authors theory of the burgonet.
Armour & Weapons | Charles John FfoulkesThe burgonet is of elegant outline, and bears a close enough resemblance to a Botian casque.
Spanish Arms and Armour | Albert F. CalvertThe burgonet displays three masks—on the visor (which is in two pieces), and at the base of the skull.
Spanish Arms and Armour | Albert F. Calvert
British Dictionary definitions for burgonet
/ (ˈbɜːɡəˌnɛt) /
a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces
Origin of burgonet
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