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Morion

/ˈmɒɹɪən/

A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever.

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A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever.

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cabassetnoun	(historical) An Italian helmet with a stalk-like projection on the top resembling a pear.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Morion"

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Word	Definition
cabassetnoun	(historical) An Italian helmet with a stalk-like projection on the top resembling a pear.
morrionnoun	Alternative form of morion (“helmet”). [(historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor.]
murrionnoun	Obsolete spelling of murrain. [(archaic, uncountable) Infectious disease; pestilence, plague; (countable) sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.]
mentonierenoun	Alternative form of mentonnière. [(historical) An item of armor protecting the chin, often identified with or used interchangeably with the bevor.]
moriannoun	(obsolete) Moorish
mambrinonoun	(obsolete, chiefly attributive) A medieval iron hat.
mirlitonnoun	A pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; the chayote.
moundnoun	An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
moranoun	(phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
mirmillonoun	(historical) A kind of gladiator, known for wearing a Gallic helmet with the image of a fish.
modiusnoun	(historical) A Roman dry measure of about a peck or 9 litres.
mezailnoun	Alternative form of mesail. [(historical) The visor of a helmet, especially when made in two parts.]
merlonnoun	(architecture, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.
main de fernoun	(uncommon, historical, obsolete) Alternative form of manifer (“gauntlet for jousting”). [A large gauntlet worn over the bridle hand during jousting tournaments.]
morricernoun	(obsolete) A morris dancer.
momiernoun	(historical, derogatory) A strict Calvinist in Switzerland, France, or some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century.
mainferenoun	Alternative form of manifer (“gauntlet”). [A large gauntlet worn over the bridle hand during jousting tournaments.]
moronenoun	(archaic) maroon colour
moricenoun	(obsolete) A morris dance.
moornnoun	(UK, obsolete, dialect) morn; morning