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单词 aventail
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aventailaventaylen.

/ˈavənteɪl/
Forms: Middle English–1800s aventail(e, -ayle, Middle English aventaille, aventale, avantaille, adventayle.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman *aventail = Old French esventail air-hole, < esventer (see avent v.): the Latin type is *exventaculum (compare prōpugnāculum ). For the form in adv- , see ad- prefix.
The movable front or mouthpiece of a helmet, which may be raised to admit fresh air.
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c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1558 As he drough a kynge by th' avantaille.
a1400 Octouian 1153 Hys adventayle he gan unlace.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 608 Wyth a lyȝtly vrysoun ouer þe auentayle.
1460 Lybeaus Disc. 1618 Pysane, aventayle, and gorgere.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. iii. 37 And lifted his barred aventayle.
1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 52 171 With pierced aventails for the eyes and mouth.
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