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sallet |
3 definitions found 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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