Buffe

//bʌf// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of armor covering either the entire face, or the lower face together with a visor that covered the upper face, typically made of multiple lames that could be opened by being lowered (a falling buffe) or raised. historical

    "It was used by the arquebusiers in 1560, and a buffe or chin-piece was strapped in front when occasion required."

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"It was used by the arquebusiers in 1560, and a buffe or chin-piece was strapped in front when occasion required."

Etymology

From Old French buffe.

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