heaume

[ hohm ]

/ hoʊm /

Origin of heaume

1565–75; < Middle French, Old French helme < Germanic; see helm²

During the mail period, no heaume is represented with a movable visor.

A Handbook of Pictorial History |Henry W. Donald
The heaume was only put on when actual fighting in battle or in the lists was about to commence.

A Handbook of Pictorial History |Henry W. Donald
It will be observed that this kind of heaume is continued so low as to rest on the shoulders.

Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe |John Hewitt
The name is supposed to be a corruption of heaumet, the diminutive of heaume, the great helm of the fourteenth century.

Armour & Weapons |Charles John Ffoulkes

In the reign of Richard I., the close-fitting helmet was superseded by the Heaume, great helm or tilting helmet.

A Handbook of Pictorial History |Henry W. Donald

heaume

/ (həʊm) /

(in the 12th and 13th centuries) a large helmet reaching and supported by the shoulders

C16: from Old French helme; see helmet