camail

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed in the late 1600s from French camail, from Old Occitan capmalh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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camail (plural camails)

  1. (historical) A piece of chainmail worn to protect the neck and shoulders, replacing the whole-head coif.
    Synonym: aventail
    • 1995, William W. Kibler, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 126:
      [] the hood was increasingly replaced with a mail curtain (the camail or aventail) suspended from the outside of the bascinet, and the bascinet thus augmented gradually replaced the clumsy great helm as the principal defense []
  2. (historical) An ecclesiastical ornament worn by bishops.

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French camail, a borrowing from Old Occitan capmalh.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.maj/
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Noun

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camail m (plural camails)

  1. camail, capuchin (hood)

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