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Webster 1913 Edition

Ventail

Vent′ail

(vĕnt′āl)
,
Noun.
[OF.
ventaille
, F.
ventail
. See
Ventilate
, and cf.
Aventail
.]
That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, – sometimes in the visor.
Spenser.
Her
ventail
up so high that he descried
Her goodly visage and her beauty’s pride.
Fairfax.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ventail

VENT'AIL

,
Noun.
That part of a helmet made to be lifted up; the part intended for the admission of air, or for breathing.

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