aventail

Alternative forms

• aventaile

Etymology

From Middle English aventayle, from Old French esventail air-hole, from esventer (Modern French éventer), from Latin ex out + ventus wind

Noun

aventail (plural aventails)

1. (chain mail armour) the flap or adjustable part of the hood of mail, which when unfastened allowed the hood to drop upon the shoulders.
2. (solid armour) The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.

References

• aventail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914

Anagrams

• alvanite, valentia, vanalite