burgonet

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French bourguignotte, from Bourgogne (“Burgundy”).

Noun

burgonet (plural burgonets)

1. (historical) A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:

     He stroke so hugely with his borrowd blade, / That it empierst the Pagans burganet, / And cleauing the hard steele, did deepe inuade / Into his head […]

Derived terms

Derived terms

• close burgonet : a similar helmet, but with a visor.

Translations

helmet

• French: bourguignotte (fr)