ventail

/ven-teyl/US // ˈvɛn teɪl //UK // (ˈvɛnteɪl) //

创业,创业者,创业板,创业板指

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the pivoted middle element of a face defense of a close helmet.
- : a flap of mail attached to a coif and fastened across the lower part of the face during combat.

It has a tilting helmet with visor in two pieces, and a shutter in the ventail; the leg-armour is still complete.
The other drags him by the helmet, tearing all the fastening, and he strikes from his head the ventail and the gleaming coif.
The ventail bris dates from the period of the first introduction of the folded fan into Europe.
The upper part is the visor, to admit of vision, the lower the ventail, to admit of breathing.
I fail to see why; the weapon that pierced a ventail would pass into the head, and inflict a death-wound.