close helmet

American  

[klohz] / kloʊz /

noun

Armor.

1. a completely closed helmet of the late 15th century and after, having a facial defense composed of a visor and beaver or of a visor, ventail, and beaver attached to a pivot on each side.

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Example Sentences

It has a close helmet from which the hair, delicately parted on the forehead, half escapes.

From Heathen Mythology by Various

He wore a close helmet, from which streamed a long feather, of the same hue.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane

Esquires and gentlemen are known by the close helmet.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

He answers, in the only way he knows, childlike, direct: "I pressed through the fire which surrounded the rock; I released you from the close helmet; Siegfried I am called who have awakened you!"

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall