Morion
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor. historical
"The Roman footmen caried not their morions, sword and target only, as for other armes (saith Cicero) they were so accustomed to weare them continually, that they hindered them no more than their limbs[…]."
- 2 A brown or black variety of quartz.
- 3 a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century wordnet
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More examples"The Roman footmen caried not their morions, sword and target only, as for other armes (saith Cicero) they were so accustomed to weare them continually, that they hindered them no more than their limbs[…]."
Etymology
From Middle French morion, from, Spanish morrión, from morra (“upper part of the head”), from morro (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”). Related to moraine (“an amassment of rocks on a glacier”).
From French morion, from Late Latin mōrion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormoriōn.
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