MORION (the

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

French

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• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a word occurring in

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• SPANISH

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

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

top or

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• CROWN

crown of the

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• 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 light round-shaped head-piece or helmet (q.v.) . The chief characteristics are a brim, an upright comb running along the crown from back to front, and the absence of guards for the face, ears or neck . The brim was bent sharply upwards at the front and back, and the piece was generally worn tilted backward so as to cover the neck . The morion and the cabasset, a pear-shaped headpiece with a flatter brim and no comb, were the typical infantry helmets of the 16th and early 17th centuries . It was sometimes worn unaccom- panied by any body armour .