klappvisier
/ˈklæp.vɪˌzɪɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Representations of the Sleeping Guard show war - hats as well as bascinets with Klappvisiers , as on the Easter Sepulchre in the Altertumsmuseum in the Grosse Garten at Dresden and in Constance Cathedral . They frequently appear in ..."
- "In Germany one of the earliest pictorial depictions of a Klappvisier appears to have been shown in the lost Volto santo fresco, formerly on the east wall of the Chapel in Kronberg (see ftn. 27 above)."
- "Early bascinets had no visors, but by the second quarter of the 14th century they were fitted with Klappvisiers, visors , using a centralised hinge […] During the 1390s steel ventails gradually replaced the mail aventail that had been fitted alongside the klappvisier to defend the neck."
- "An improvement on this design was the Klappvisier, a larger, full guard that folded down over the face."
Etymology
From German Klappvisier.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Klappvisier