'Sallet' definitions:
Definition of 'sallet'
(from WordNet)
noun
A light medieval helmet with a slit for vision [syn: sallet, salade]
Definition of 'Sallet'
From: GCIDE
- Sallet \Sal"let\, Salleting \Sal"let*ing\, n. Salad. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sallet'
From: GCIDE
- Sallet \Sal"let\ (s[a^]l"l[e^]t), n. [F. salade, Sp. celada, or It. celata, fr. L. (cassis) caelata, fr. caelare, caelatum, to engrave in relief. So called from the figures engraved upon it.] A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century. [Written also salade.] [1913 Webster]
- Then he must have a sallet wherewith his head may be saved. --Latimer. [1913 Webster] Sallet