camail

[kuh-meyl]

noun

1. aventail.

camail

/ ˈkæmeɪl /

noun

1. armour a neck and shoulders covering of mail worn with and laced to the basinet

Other Word Forms

• camailed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of camail¹

1660–70; < French < Old Provençal capmalh, equivalent to cap head ( chief ) + malh mail ²

Example Sentences

"Why are you stripping off your casque and camail, Sir Richard?" asked the Count.

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Thereupon the heaume became, by degrees, the special head-dress of the tournament, and grew heavier, larger and more elaborate, while the basinet, reinforced with camail and vizor, was worn in battle.

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But there were many knights who still fought with the great helm covering basinet and camail, a fact which speaks eloquently of the mighty blows given in this warlike age.

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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.

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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.

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