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BEAVER (from Fr. baviere, a child's bib, from bane, saliva)
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BEAVER (from Fr. baviere, a child's bib, from bane, saliva), the lower part of the helmet, fixed to the neck-armour to protect the face and cheeks; properly it moved upwards, as the visor moved down, but the word is sometimes used to include the visor. The right form of the word, " haver," has been altered from a confusion with "beaver," a hat made of beaver-fur or a silk imitation, also, in slang, called a "castor," from the zoological name of the beaver family.