sallet

[sal-it]

noun Armor.

a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.

Origin of sallet

1400–50; late Middle English, variant of salade < Middle French < Spanish celada (or Italian celata) < Latin caelāta (cassis) engraved (helmet), feminine of caelātus (past participle of caelāre to engrave); see -ate¹

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Examples from the Web for sallet

Historical Examples of sallet

It quite frightened her, not knowing that Unity Sallet was in the waggon likewise.
Life's Little Ironies
Thomas Hardy
Unity Sallet is there too—yes, at the other end, under the tarpaulin.
Life's Little Ironies
Thomas Hardy
But eaten with Oyl and Vinegar, as uſually, it is no deſpicable Sallet.
Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets
John Evelyn
The super-curious insist that the knife with which sallet herb is cut must be of silver.
The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
William Kitchiner
If you bring anything for comfort in the country, butter or sallet oil, or both is very good.
A Source Book in American History to 1787
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British Dictionary definitions for sallet

sallet

salet salade

noun

a light round helmet extending over the back of the neck; replaced the basinet in the 15th century

Word Origin for sallet

C15: from French salade, probably from Old Italian celata, from celare to conceal, from Latin

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