chapel de fer
/ʃæˈpɛl də ˈfɛəɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kettle hat, a type of helmet.
Example Sentences
- ""Also sixteen chapels de fer, with seven broken wooden cross-bows." Joinville observes, that when the knights were wounded it became impossible very often, from the weight, and consequent fatigue, to put on their defensive [armor]."
- "[…] knight has a chapel de fer with wreath, a collar of SS., and on his surcoat a chevron charged with […]"
- "The morion was essentially a chapel de fer with a comb added to the bowl and the brim elongated and turned up in peaks before and behind."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French