heaumen.
/həʊm/ Obsolete or archaic.
A massive helmet, reaching down to the shoulders, worn in the 12th and 13th centuries, sometimes over a smaller close-fitting one.
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1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. 122 Whiche of heraltes is proprely called blazon, heawme, and timbre.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie vi. v. 263 An Atchiuement..of Heralds is properly called in Blazon, Heawme and Timbre.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Heaulme or Heaume, a Term in Heraldry for an Helmet or Head-piece.
1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 186 The great crested helmet or heaume was now [temp. Hen. V] only worn for the tournament.
1858 W. Morris Near Avalon in Poems 239 Their heaumes are on, whereby, half blind, They pass by many sights.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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