Meaning & use
sallet
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a light, rounded helmet, often with a curved tail at the back, worn by soldiers in the late Middle Ages.
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The museum displayed a steel sallet worn by a 15th-century foot soldier.
Illustrations of the battle show knights wearing sallets instead of full great helms.
A note on using this word
Sallet is a specialized historical term used mainly in discussions of medieval armor; it's rarely used outside that context.
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helmet
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