camail

American  

[kuh-meyl] / kəˈmeɪl /

noun

1. aventail.

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camail British  

/ ˈkæmeɪl /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• camailed adjective

Etymology

Origin of camail

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

Example Sentences

The Cardinal owes its name to the bright red of the feathers, and to a little cowl on the hind part of the head, which resembles that of the bishop's ornament, called a camail.

From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz

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.

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

These two prelates wore a camail and rochet.

From The Court of the Empress Josephine by Perry, Thomas Sergeant

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)

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