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SALLET SALADE

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 55 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SALLET

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

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