Sallet

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Alternative spellings

• Also salet, salette, and salett.

Noun

sallet (plural: sallets)

1. A helmet, also sometimes called a salade or celate.

   Quotations

   • 1786: 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. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11.