单词 | ventail |
释义 | ventailn. Now Historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > neck armour > [noun] collar1297 gorger1300 ventaila1330 gullet?a1400 canel-piecec1425 standard1464 gorget1484 gorgeretc1500 neck-piece1713 hausse-col1821 gorgerin1849 α. β. a1400 Sqr. lowe Degre 222 Your basenette shall be burnysshed bryght, Your ventall shalbe well dyght, With starres of gold it shall be set.a1330 Roland & V. 863 His ventail he gan vn-lace & smot of his heued in þe place. c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 454 His helme was of so michel miȝt, Was neuer man ouer-comen in fiȝt Þat hadde it on his ventayle. a1400 Sir Perc. 1722 He hitt hym evene one the nekk-bane, Thurgh ventale and pesane. c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 14375 Her helmes were on her ventayles sperde. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiv. l. 33 Helmes, hawberkes, & ventaylles Also, Alle to the Grownde he dyde hem go. 2. a. The lower movable part of the front of a helmet, as distinct from the vizor; latterly, the whole movable part including the vizor. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > aventail aventailc1374 ventailc1400 ventailet1459 volant piece1503 buffe1598 volant1867 c1400 Anturs of Arth. xxxii Then he auaylet vppe his viserne fro his ventalle. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cii* He braidit vp his ventaill That closit wes clene. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxiv. 448 Vnder the ventayle of his helme the terys of water fell downe fro his eyen. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7030 The duke with a dynt derit hym agayn, Þat the viser & the ventaile voidet hym fro. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd2 Through whose bright ventayle..His manly face..Lookt foorth. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vi. xxvi. 98 He ventall vp so hie, that he descride Her goodly visage, and her beauties pride. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Ventail, that part of a helmet which is made to lift up. 1865 J. K. James tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Deliv. xx. xii Thro' the barred ventayle his flushed features shone. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour viii. 127 This piece, called the mesail, or mursail..but more generally known in England as the ventaile, or visor, was pierced for both sight and breathing.] 1906 S. Heath Effigies in Dorset 10 Some~times with a movable ‘ventaille’ or visor. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > aventail > breathing-hole ventail1470 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. lx. 516 The blood brast oute at the ventayls of his helme. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > sail sailc1440 wing1484 ventaila1529 vane1581 sweep1702 arm1724 windsail1725 wind-vane1725 swift1763 wan1767 flyer1790 van1837 a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. B.iiv [The nuns] Must cast vp theyr blacke vayles And set vp theyr fucke sayles To catch wynde wt their ventales. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1330 |
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