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 (the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a word occurring in See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish as morrion, Ital. morione, usually connected with the Span. morra, See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top or See also:

• CROWN

crown of the 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)  , a See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round-shaped 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 or 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 (q.v.) . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief characteristics are a brim, an upright 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 See also:

• RUNNING

running along the See also:

• CROWN

crown from back to front, and the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards for the See also:

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

face, ears or 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 . The brim was See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent sharply upwards at the front and back, and the piece was generally worn tilted backward so as to See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the neck . 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 the cabasset, a See also:

• PEAR (Pyrus communis)

pear-shaped headpiece with a flatter brim and no comb, were the typical See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry helmets of the 16th and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 17th centuries . It was sometimes worn unaccom- panied by any See also:

• BODY

body See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour .