sallet

noun /ˈsælɪt/

1. A type of light spherical combat helmet used in the 15th century.

   historical

   At Hampton Court, sallets for archers on horseback, sallets with grates, and old sallets with vizards: At Windsor, salettes and skulls: At Calais, saletts with vysars and bevers, and salets with bevers.

Where it comes from

From Middle French salade, from Spanish celada, thought to be from Latin caelāta (“ornamentally engraved [helmet]”) (although the Latin word is not attested in this sense).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sallet (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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