Meaning of chapel de fer | Babel Free

Definitions

A kettle hat, a type of helmet.

historical

Examples

“"Also sixteen chapels de fer, with seven broken wooden cross-bows." Joinville observes, that when the knights were wounded it became impossible very often, from the weight, and consequent fatigue, to put on their defensive [armor].”

“[…] knight has a chapel de fer with wreath, a collar of SS., and on his surcoat a chevron charged with […]”

“The morion was essentially a chapel de fer with a comb added to the bowl and the brim elongated and turned up in peaks before and behind.”

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