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SALADE, SALLET

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 55 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SALADE, SALLET or SALET, a See also:head-piece introduced in the See also:early 15th See also:century replacing the heavy See also:helmet. Its essential features are its smooth rounded See also:surface, like an inverted bowl, and its See also:long projecting See also:neck guard. Usually there was no movable vizor, but the front fixed See also:part covered most of the See also:face, a slit being See also:left for the eyes. The word is said to come through the Old Fr. from the Span. celada, Ital. celata, See also:Lat. caelata, sc. cassis, engraved helmet, caelare, to engrave, See also:chase (see HELMET).

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