burgonet
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French bourguignotte (modern bourguignote), from Bourgogne (“Burgundy”), perhaps influenced by Middle English burgon (“Burgundian”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝ.ɡəˌnɛt/, /ˌbɝ.ɡəˈnɛt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜː.ɡəˌnɛt/, /ˌbɜː.ɡəˈnɛt/
Noun[edit]
burgonet (plural burgonets)
- (historical) A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- He stroke so hugely with his borrowd blade, / That it empierst the Pagans burganet, / And cleauing the hard steele, did deepe inuade / Into his head […]
Derived terms[edit]
- close burgonet : a similar helmet, but with a visor
Translations[edit]
helmet
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