Lexicographical Neighbors of Mezail
Literary usage of Mezail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bas-reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos by Herbert Eustis Winlock (1921)
"These bolts secure and act as pivots for the bevor, visor, and mezail ... A spring
pin on the right side engages a hole in the mezail to keep it closed, ..."
2. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward, George Burnett (1892)
"mezail—The front, or middle, of a helm. MIDAS, TETE DE—The head of a man with an
ass's ears. HERDA, in Saxony, bears : Gules, the head of MIDAS sable. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"Also written mezail. Mess.—A term used in the military sense of a number or
association of officers or of men taking their meals together. Message Bags. ..."
4. The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility by Thomas Robson (1830)
"... which serves as a rudder to direct its motion in the water, is covered with
scales. See PI. 9, fig. 70. BEAVER, or VIZOR, [French, mezail, visiere, ..."
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