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Dec 1, 2009
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av•en•tail



Pronunciation: (av'un-tāl"), [key]
n. Armor.
1. Also called camail. a mail tippet suspended from the lower edges of a 14th-century basinet as a protection for the neck, throat, and shoulders.
2. ventail.

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