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salade

salade

1 9.9
A light medieval helmet with a narrow eye slit that covers the sides and back of the head
  • noun
  • Archaic
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  • LAROUSSE: Three orders of salade composée working.

Examples

  • Not too much vinaigrette on that salade composée.

  • I need two salmon, three salade composée, and three fillet.

  • I made a Salade Nicoise.

  • Looks like some sort of... watery salade.

  • MAN: Three salade composée up.

  • I sat down, ordered a Croque Monsieur, a salade des tomates, and a glass of red wine.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Salade Utopia.

  • I'm always following the leader, Belinda thought as she ordered salade niçoise and coffee.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • In the battlefield, knights wore a salade to protect their heads while maintaining visibility.

  • The museum displayed a beautiful salade that was used during medieval times for combat.

Synonyms

sallet
vssalade
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A light helmet with a narrow eye slit used by soldiers in the late Middle Ages

covers the back and sides of the head for added protection
casquetel
vssalade
  • Archaic
9.9

A light open helmet without a visor used in the 1500s and 1600s

has a vision slit instead of being open and visorless
casquet
vssalade
  • Archaic
9.9

A light open helmet worn by soldiers long ago

has a vision slit rather than being an open, visorless style
cabasset
vssalade
  • Archaic
9.9

A light metal helmet with a high crest worn by soldiers in the 1500s

lacks a raised decorative crest and focuses on back and side protection
casque
vssalade
9.9

A metal helmet worn by soldiers long ago or a hard, helmet-like growth on some birds' heads

names a specific light medieval type with a vision slit and rear coverage

Surface Forms

salade singular
salades plural

Etymology

The word salade for a light medieval helmet comes from Old French salade, also written sallet. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a 'salad bowl' sitting on the head, because a salade was a rounded helmet that covered the back and sides of the head and left a slit for seeing.