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See also:ARMET (diminutive of Fr. arme) , a See also:form of See also:helmet, which was See also:developed out of existing forms in the latter See also:part of the 15th See also:century . It was See also:round in shape, and often had a narrow See also:ridge or See also:comb along the See also:top . It had a pivoted or hinged vizor and See also:nose-piece, and See also:complete See also:chin, See also:neck and cheek See also:protection, closely connected with the See also:gorget . It is distinguished from the See also:basinet by its roundness, and by the fact that it protects the neck and chin by strong plates, instead of a " camail " or loose See also:collar of See also:mail; from the See also:salade and heaume by its See also:close See also:fit and See also:skull-cap shape; and from the various forms of vizored burgonets by the See also:absence of the projecting brim . It remained in use until the final See also:abandonment of the complete closed See also:head-piece . |
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