aventail

[ av-uh n-teyl ]
/ ˈæv ənˌteɪl /

noun Armor.

Also called camail. a mail tippet suspended from the lower edges of a 14th-century basinet as a protection for the neck, throat, and shoulders.
ventail.

Origin of aventail

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French aventaille, equivalent to a- (< ?) + ventaille ventail

Words nearby aventail

avel, avellaneda, avenaceous, avenge, avens, aventail, aventine, aventurine, avenue, avenzoar, aver