camail
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Etymology
Origin of camail
1660–70; < French < Old Provençal capmalh, equivalent to cap head ( see chief) + malh mail 2
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She had not changed her dress; only she had replaced her camail with a scarf of blue silk about her neck and shoulders and had removed her gloves and capuche.
From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by George Washington Cable
"Why are you stripping off your casque and camail, Sir Richard?" asked the Count.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
The high priest wore upon his ephod, which was a kind of camail, rich rings, that served as clasps; a large emerald was set and engraved with mysterious names.
From Thaumaturgia by An Oxonian
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
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
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