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English
Etymology
French mentonnière
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɛn.tənˈjɛɚ/, (older, gallicized) /ˌmɑn.tɔnˈjɛɚ/
Noun
mentonnière (plural mentonnières)
- (historical) An item of armor protecting the chin, often identified with or used interchangeably with the bevor.
- 1901, Wallace Collection (London, England), Sir Guy Francis Laking, Catalogue of the European Armour and Arms in the Wallace Collection at Hertford House, page 88:
- Tilting Helmet, composed of a closed helmet and large mentonière. The skull has a low roped comb, the chin piece opens down the front, the vizor is strongly reinforced by an extra plate on the forehead,
Translations
chin armor
— see also bevor
References
French
Etymology
From menton (“chin”) + -ière.
Pronunciation
Noun
mentonnière f (plural mentonnières)
- (historical) beaver (lower part of a helmet)
1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XLV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J-J Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, , →OCLC:« Et je dis aussi que bien que ce soit un armet, ce n’est pas un armet entier. ¶ – Non certes, s’écria don Quichotte, car il lui manque une moitié, qui est la mentonnière. »- "And I say that as much as it is a helmet, it is not an entire helmet" ¶ "Certainly not," exclaimed Don Quixote, "as it is missing a half, which is the beaver."
- (music, lutherie) chinrest
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