cervellière

cervellière
/serr'veuhl yair"/, n. Armor.
a close-fitting cap of mail or plate; coif.
Also, cervelière.
[ < F, deriv. of cervelle brain. See CEREBELLUM; for formation, see BRASSIERE]

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