camail
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of camail
1660–70; < French < Old Provençal capmalh, equivalent to cap head ( see chief) + malh mail 2
Example Sentences
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There are still traces of colour on this monument and gold remains on the points of the cap to which the camail is fastened, as also on the jewelled sword-belt.
From Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh) Fisher
On his black and wavy hair he carries, half-drawn to one side, a scarlet camail, the tippet of which falls upon and covers his wide shoulders.
From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Eugène Sue
Her petticoat was very short, lightly puffed on the sides, and ornamented only with two very long pockets trimmed like the camail.
From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by George Washington Cable
"How is that, my fair sir?" cried the armorer as he drew the bassinet over the head and fastened it to the camail which extended to the shoulders.
From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
At its end the knight is often locked in plates from head to foot, no chainwork showing save the camail edge under the helm and the fringe of the mail skirt or hawberk.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
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