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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sallet \Sal"let\, Salleting \Sal"let*ing\, n.
Salad. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sallet \Sal"let\ (s[a^]l"l[e^]t), n. [F. salade, Sp celada, or
It celata, fr L. (cassis) caelata fr caelare caelatum
to engrave in relief. So called from the figures engraved
upon it.]
A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced
during the 15th century. [Written also {salade}.]
Then he must have a sallet wherewith his head may be
saved. --Latimer.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sallet
n : a light medieval helmet with a slit for vision [syn: {sallade}]
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