sallet

[ sal-it ]

/ ˈsæl ɪt /

noun Armor.

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

Nearby words

salk, salk vaccine, salle à manger, sallee, sallenders, sallet, sallow, sallowy, sallust, sally, sally army

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

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|Various
He made haste to don his father's sleeveless chain coat and sallet.
The Deserter, and Other Stories|Harold Frederic
Said the Baron: 'Looking at his inches, 't is a pity of him that he hath not jack and sallet and a spear over his shoulder.
The Sundering Flood|William Morris
Galen (whoſe beloved Sallet it was) from its pinguid, ſubdulcid and agreeable Nature, ſays it breeds the moſt laudable Blood.
Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets|John Evelyn

Sallet did not live to take part in the great, decisive encounter for which he so ardently longed.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 6. Young Germany|Georg Brandes

British Dictionary definitions for sallet

sallet

salet salade

/ (ˈsælɪt) /

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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