Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In medieval times— An iron skull-cap: sometimes popularly called chaplet. See coif, 3, and secret. A helmet having nearly the form of an ordinary hat, that is, having a brim surrounding a more or less well-defined crown.

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  • An illustration is given of a chapel-de-fer which reposes in the noble hall of Ockwells, Berkshire, much dented by use.

    Vanishing England 1892

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