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SALLET See also:SALADE or SALET, a See also:head-piece introduced in the See also:early 15th See also:century replacing the heavy See also:helmet . Its essential features are its smooth rounded See also:surface, like an inverted bowl, and its See also:long projecting See also:neck guard . Usually there was no movable vizor, but the front fixed See also:part covered most of the See also:face, a slit being See also:left for the eyes . The word is said to come through the Old Fr. from the Span. celada, Ital. celata, See also:Lat. caelata, sc. cassis, engraved helmet, caelare, to engrave, See also:chase (see HELMET) . |
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