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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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