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BURGONET, or BURGANET (from Fr. bourguignote, Burgundian helmet) , a See also: form of See also: light helmet or See also: head-piece, which was in vogue in the 16th and 17th centuries
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In its normal form the burgonet was a large roomy cap with a brim shading the eyes, cheek-pieces or flaps, a comb, and a guard for the back of the neck
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In many cases a vizor, or other face See also: protection, and a See also: chin-piece are found in addition, so that this piece of See also: armour is sometimes mistaken for an See also: armet (q.v.), but it can always be distinguished by the projecting brim in front
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The morion and cabasset have no face, cheek or neck protection
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The typical head-piece of the 17th-century soldier in See also: England and elsewhere is a burgonet See also: skull-cap with a straight brim, neck-guard and often, in addition, a fixed vizor of three thin iron bars which are screwed into, and hang down from, the brim in front of the eyes
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