burgonet

American  

[bur-guh-net, -nit, bur-guh-net] / ˈbɜr gəˌnɛt, -nɪt, ˌbɜr gəˈnɛt /

noun

Armor.

1. an open helmet, usually having a peak and hinged cheek pieces, and often accompanied by a buffe.

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burgonet British  

/ ˈbɜːɡəˌnɛt /

noun

1. a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces

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Etymology

Origin of burgonet

1590–1600; Middle English burgon of Burgundy (< Middle French Bourgogne Burgundy) + -et, modeled on Middle French bourguignotte

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Example Sentences

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burgonet

He is the demi-Atlas of this earth, the arm and burgonet of men, the fellow who is living with Elizabeth Taylor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shakspeare makes Cleopatra, alluding to Antony, exclaim— "The demi-Atlas of this earth, the arm And burgonet of men."

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

They were led by one scarce two-and-twenty years of age, who seemed, on his magnificent charger, with his beaver raised, "the prince of chivalry," the "arm and burgonet of men."

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling

The burgonet, often confused with the armet, is the typical helmet of the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

A burgonet skull-cap of the seventeenth century is shown in Fig.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

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