ventail Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck
    camail; aventail.

WordNet

Vent"ail noun
Etymology
OF. ventaille, F. ventail. See Ventilate, and cf. Aventail.
Definitions
  1. That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, -- sometimes in the visor. Spenser.
    Her ventail up so high that he descried Her goodly visage and her beauty's pride. Fairfax.

Webster 1913