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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He followed him, and exhibited himself to the eyes of the crowd in his purple camail and with his episcopal cross upon his neck, side by side with the criminal bound with cords.
From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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 Fisher, A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh)
Vervelle, ver-vel′, n. the loop that secured the camail in medieval armour.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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 Sue, Eugène
On a day, as I kneeled before yon cross, came one in knightly armour and upon his face, 'neath the links of his camail, I saw a great scar—the scar this hand had wrought.
From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery
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