burgonet

[ bur-guh-net, -nit, bur-guh-net ]

/ ˈbɜr gəˌnɛt, -nɪt, ˌbɜr gəˈnɛt /

an open helmet, usually having a peak and hinged cheek pieces, and often accompanied by a buffe.

Origin of burgonet

1590–1600; Middle English burgon of Burgundy (< Middle French Bourgogne Burgundy) + -et, modeled on Middle French bourguignotte

This manifest improvement was considered by Meyrick to constitute the Burgonet.

Armour in England |J. Starkie Gardner
The wearing of the bascinet, salade, burgonet, and like helmets needs no detailed description.

Armour & Weapons |Charles John Ffoulkes
The helmet at the latter end of the seventeenth century is generally open and of the burgonet type.

Armour & Weapons |Charles John Ffoulkes
To those students who consult Meyrick it is advisable to give a word of warning as to this authors theory of the burgonet.

Armour & Weapons |Charles John Ffoulkes

About the end of the 16th century the usual English helmets were the burgonet and morion.

The Romance of Words (4th ed.) |Ernest Weekley

burgonet

/ (ˈbɜːɡəˌnɛt) /

a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces

C16: from French bourguignotte, from bourguignot of Burgundy, from Bourgogne Burgundy