† comb-capn.
Obsolete.
A kind of helmet.
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1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. II. xviii. 812 The combed head-piece was a morion with a high ridge on its top; the Combe-caps had a ridge hanging over them from the front to the rear, seemingly the same.
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