morion

¹ American  

[mawr-ee-on, mohr-] / ˈmɔr iˌɒn, ˈmoʊr- /

noun

1. an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.

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morion ² American  

[mawr-ee-on, mohr-] / ˈmɔr iˌɒn, ˈmoʊr- /

noun

1. a variety of smoky quartz of a dark-brown or nearly black color.

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morion ¹ British  

/ ˈmɔːrɪən /

noun

1. a 16th-century helmet with a brim and wide comb

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morion ² British  

/ ˈmɔːrɪən /

noun

1. a smoky brown, grey, or blackish variety of quartz, used as a gemstone

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Etymology

Origin of morion¹

1555–65; < Middle French < Spanish morrión, equivalent to morr ( o ) top of head + -ión noun suffix

Origin of morion²

1740–50; < Latin mōrion, misreading of mormorion a kind of crystal

Example Sentences

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Sunlight gleamed from the polished steel of halberd, morion, breastplate, pauldron, rerebrace.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Armoury, where the small boy who was later to be Sir Lancelot was standing with his morion, was the largest single room in the castle of Ben wick.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

He knew that whichever way he turned the morion, it would tell Mm the same story.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

“Yes, he lived in 1480,” said the boy, as the old man rose, set down the morion, and followed him to where the farthest suit of mail stood against the wall.

From The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War by George Manville Fenn

Again as he passed aft an arrow struck him, this time making a deep dent in his morion.

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Robert Leighton