See also:

• BURGONET, or BURGANET (from Fr. bourguignote, Burgundian helmet)

BURGONET, or BURGANET (from Fr. bourguignote, Burgundian See also:

• HELMET (from an obsolete diminutive of O. Fr. helme, mod. heaume; the English word is " helm," as in O. Eng., Dutch and Ger.; all are from the Teutonic base hal-, pre-Teut. kal-, to cover; cf. Lat. celare, to hide, Eng. " hell," &c.)

helmet)  , a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• HELMET (from an obsolete diminutive of O. Fr. helme, mod. heaume; the English word is " helm," as in O. Eng., Dutch and Ger.; all are from the Teutonic base hal-, pre-Teut. kal-, to cover; cf. Lat. celare, to hide, Eng. " hell," &c.)

helmet or See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-piece, which was in See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue in the 16th and 17th centuries . In its normal form the See also:

• BURGONET, or BURGANET (from Fr. bourguignote, Burgundian helmet)

burgonet was a large roomy cap with a brim shading the eyes, cheek-pieces or flaps, a See also:

• COMB (a word common in various forms to Teut. languages, cf. Ger. Kamm, the Indo-Europ. origin of which is seen in yoµros, a peg or pin, and Sanskrit, gambhas, a tooth)

comb, and a guard for the back of the See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck . In many cases a vizor, or other See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, and a See also:

• CHIN

chin-piece are found in addition, so that this piece of See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour is sometimes mistaken for an See also:

• ARMET (diminutive of Fr. arme)

armet (q.v.), but it can always be distinguished by the projecting brim in front . The See also:

• MORION (the French form of a word occurring in Spanish as morrion, Ital. morione, usually connected with the Span. morra, top or crown of the head)

morion and cabasset have no face, cheek or neck protection . The typical head-piece of the 17th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century soldier in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and elsewhere is a burgonet See also:

• SKULL

skull-cap with a straight brim, neck-guard and often, in addition, a fixed vizor of three thin See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron bars which are screwed into, and hang down from, the brim in front of the eyes .