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sallet

sallet

1 9.9
A light helmet with a narrow eye slit used by soldiers in the late Middle Ages
  • noun
  • /ˈsælɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : salete
  • A: And now the word "sallet" must serve me to feed on.

Examples

  • Did Evelyn believe that humans should live on 'sallet' alone?

    Academic text (2011)

  • He wore his sallet tipped back, searching the ground for tracks.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • A: And I think this word "sallet" was born to do me good.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Health, physical and moral, formed the primary benefit of Evelyn's 'sallets'.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Tipping back the visor on his German sallet, he asked her in a big booming voice, "Where do you come from, girl?"

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The first course for this feast consisted of 35 dishes, of which 30 were some variety of meat; the only vegetables were two 'grand sallets.'

    Academic text (2011)

  • Although the early Royal Society had a 'Georgical agricultural, or rural Committee' of which Evelyn was a member, he nonetheless felt the need to defend his study of 'sallets' and pot-herbs on political, moral, and scientific grounds.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Richard II's Compound Sallet, garnished with rose petals and marigolds, chills in the fridge, and Beauvilliers'

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The knight donned his sallet before charging into battle.

  • During the reenactment, he wore a sallet to complete his medieval costume.

Synonyms

salade
vssallet
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A light medieval helmet with a narrow eye slit that covers the sides and back of the head

is a light visor helmet in late medieval Europe without stressing coverage
basinet
vssallet
  • Archaic
9.9

A rounded steel helmet worn by knights in the Middle Ages

is a light visor helmet from the late Middle Ages rather than rounded steel
armet
vssallet
  • Archaic
9.9

A metal helmet with a visor and neck guard that knights wore in the 1400s and 1500s

is a lighter visor helmet without a full neck guard or close fit
ocular helmet
vssallet
  • Specialized
9.9

A medieval Scandinavian metal or leather head guard with a raised nose piece and an eye opening

uses a narrow visor slit for vision instead of a nasal eye opening
cabasset
vssallet
  • Archaic
9.9

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

is the earlier light visor helmet from the late Middle Ages without crest
casquetel
vssallet
  • Archaic
9.9

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

has a visor slit for vision rather than being open and visorless
casquet
vssallet
  • Archaic
9.9

A light open helmet worn by soldiers long ago

includes a visor slit and fuller face protection unlike the open form
pickelhaube
vssallet
  • Archaic
9.9

A helmet with a pointed spike on top that German soldiers wore in the 1800s and early 1900s

differs by being a late military steel helmet, not a medieval visor type
Stahlhelm
vssallet
  • Archaic
9.9

A German steel helmet worn by soldiers in the World Wars

is much later and fuller steel combat headgear, not a late medieval visor

How Protective

beaver
  • Archaic
9.9
sallet
  • Archaic
1 9.9
visor
7 8.0
cap
175 1.0

Surface Forms

sallet singular
sallets plural

Etymology

Sallet comes from a name for a small helmet; the ending -et means 'small', like in booklet, so a sallet is a 'small' or light helmet with a visor used in the late Middle Ages.