† camailn.

Etymology: < French camail = Provençal capmalh , Italian camaglio ; according to Diez < cap head + mail mail n.³, and thus originally ‘head-armour’.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

1. A piece of chain-mail armour attached to the basinet or head-piece, and protecting the neck and shoulders. In combinations, as camail-lace.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > neck armour > [noun] > neck or shoulder armour

hauberk1297

camail1826

1826 A. E. Bray De Foix II. ii. 63 The dagger therefore slipped out, and sliding athwart the camail of his opponent, fell to the ground.

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour viii. 127 In England the basinet was constantly worn with the camail, but without any ventaile.

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour x. 197 The camail-lace or other mode of attachment was covered by a plate, generally enriched, which formed a part of the basinet.

2. (See quot.)

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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > camail

camail1670

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 227 [The] Canons in the Quire weare a rochet and Camail.

1681 Blount's Glossographia (ed. 5) Camail, a Hood to cover the head in foul weather: also a blew or purple ornament, worn by Bishops above their Rochets, and reaching as low as the bent of the arm.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Camail (Eccl.), a purple ornament worn by a bishop over his rochet.

3. ‘A capuchin or short cloak, sometimes of fur’.

ΚΠ

1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products

Derivatives

camailed adj. having a camail.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > neck armour > [adjective] > having neck or shoulder armour

camailed1869

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour viii. 128 In England the camailed basinet ceased to be worn when the 15th century was only two or three years old.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	camail
释义	† camailn. Etymology: < French camail = Provençal capmalh , Italian camaglio ; according to Diez < cap head + mail mail n.³, and thus originally ‘head-armour’. Obsolete exc. Historical. 1. A piece of chain-mail armour attached to the basinet or head-piece, and protecting the neck and shoulders. In combinations, as camail-lace. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > neck armour > [noun] > neck or shoulder armour hauberk1297 camail1826 1826 A. E. Bray De Foix II. ii. 63 The dagger therefore slipped out, and sliding athwart the camail of his opponent, fell to the ground. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour viii. 127 In England the basinet was constantly worn with the camail, but without any ventaile. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour x. 197 The camail-lace or other mode of attachment was covered by a plate, generally enriched, which formed a part of the basinet. 2. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > camail camail1670 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 227 [The] Canons in the Quire weare a rochet and Camail. 1681 Blount's Glossographia (ed. 5) Camail, a Hood to cover the head in foul weather: also a blew or purple ornament, worn by Bishops above their Rochets, and reaching as low as the bent of the arm. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Camail (Eccl.), a purple ornament worn by a bishop over his rochet. 3. ‘A capuchin or short cloak, sometimes of fur’. ΚΠ 1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Derivatives camailed adj. having a camail. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > neck armour > [adjective] > having neck or shoulder armour camailed1869 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour viii. 128 In England the camailed basinet ceased to be worn when the 15th century was only two or three years old. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1670
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