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Definition of Cabasset
1. Noun. A metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabasset
Literary usage of Cabasset
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United Service (1904)
"There can be no doubt that the first dragoons organized—like all other soldiers,
particularly in France and Italy—wore a cabasset, a pear-shaped iron hat, ..."
2. Spanish Arms and Armour: Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the by Albert Frederick Calvert (1907)
"mA 350. , Helmet for the Duke o( Savoy (side view), . . tI3 A 4i7. , cabasset
presented to Philip tV. by the ..."
3. The History of Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day: Containing (1825)
"Their head-dress was the cabasset, or light casque, on which was a veil thrown
... When they went to war, they laid aside the cabasset and took the heaume. ..."
4. Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice by Paul Lacombe (1907)
"The cabasset, or common infantry head-piece, is simply a light morion, or iron cap,
... The morion and the cabasset were in use only hi the 16th century. ..."
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