heaume

[hohm]

noun

1. helm.

heaume

/ həʊm /

noun

1. (in the 12th and 13th centuries) a large helmet reaching and supported by the shoulders

Word History and Origins

Origin of heaume¹

1565–75; < Middle French, Old French helme < Germanic; helm ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of heaume¹

C16: from Old French helme; see _helmet

Example Sentences

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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This was used alternately to, and even in conjunction with, the large heavy heaume.

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Those six knights sorrowfully bear, In all their heaumes some yellow hair.

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Types of the later, purely tilting, heaume are shown in figs.

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The larger and heavier salades were also often used instead of the heaume in tournaments.

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