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Definition of burgonet in English: burgonetnoun ˈbəːɡənɛt historical 1A kind of visored helmet. Example sentencesExamples - From cabassets to burgonets to gladiator helmets, you are sure to find great selection of medieval helmets.
- A burgonet is an open-type helmet generally found with ear flaps, a brim, a comb or a peaked finial, and sometimes a faceguard.
- This can be easily increased or decreased by raising or lowering the burgonet brim and the upper buffe plate.
- The burgonet shared many of the same features as the casque; the two are often confused with one another.
- The close burgonet has a high comb, a peak, a barred, spiked visor and three gorget plates.
- 1.1 A light steel cap worn by pikemen.
Example sentencesExamples - Composition varied but was around 60 percent pikemen, in burgonet, corselet and tassets, ten percent halberdiers and 30 percent shot, in morions.
- At the tip of the steel wedge Conan roared his heathen battle-cry and swung his great sword in glittering arcs that made naught of steel burgonet or mail habergeon.
- The archetype of the burgonet is perhaps the casque worn by the Swiss infantry (fig. 9 a) at the epoch of Marignan (1515).
Origin Late 16th century: from French bourguignotte, perhaps a use of the feminine of bourgignot 'Burgundian', the ending being assimilated to -et1. Definition of burgonet in US English: burgonetnoun historical A kind of visored helmet. Example sentencesExamples - This can be easily increased or decreased by raising or lowering the burgonet brim and the upper buffe plate.
- A burgonet is an open-type helmet generally found with ear flaps, a brim, a comb or a peaked finial, and sometimes a faceguard.
- From cabassets to burgonets to gladiator helmets, you are sure to find great selection of medieval helmets.
- The burgonet shared many of the same features as the casque; the two are often confused with one another.
- The close burgonet has a high comb, a peak, a barred, spiked visor and three gorget plates.
Origin Late 16th century: from French bourguignotte, perhaps a use of the feminine of bourgignot ‘Burgundian’, the ending being assimilated to -et. |