亚洲网紅露点

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heaume

[ hohm ]

heaume

/ 丑蓹蕣尘 /

noun

  1. (in the 12th and 13th centuries) a large helmet reaching and supported by the shoulders
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of heaume1

1565鈥75; < Middle French, Old French helme < Germanic; helm 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of heaume1

C16: from Old French helme; see helmet
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Often a light basinet was worn underneath it鈥攐r rather the knight usually wore his basinet and only put the heaume on over it at the last moment before engaging.

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This was used alternately to, and even in conjunction with, the large heavy heaume.

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Those six knights sorrowfully bear, In all their heaumes some yellow hair.

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Towards the end of the 13th century, however, the basinet grew in size and strength, just as the casque had grown, and began to challenge comparison with the heavy and clumsy heaume.

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Thereupon the heaume became, by degrees, the special head-dress of the tournament, and grew heavier, larger and more elaborate, while the basinet, reinforced with camail and vizor, was worn in battle.

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