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Meaning of camail | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
kəˈmeɪl

Definitions

  1. A piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders, replacing the whole-head coif.
    historical
  2. An ecclesiastical ornament worn by bishops.
    historical

Equivalents

Français camail

Examples

“[…] the hood was increasingly replaced with a mail curtain (the camail or aventail) suspended from the outside of the bascinet, and the bascinet thus augmented gradually replaced the clumsy great helm as the principal defense […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Camaj Camalaniugan Camaldolensian Camaldolese Camaldolesian camalexin

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