heaume
English edit
Etymology edit
Old French helme (Middle French heaulme, modern French heaume).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
heaume (plural heaumes)
- (historical) A large helmet extended to and rested on the shoulders, worn in the 12th and 13th centuries: a great helm.
Derived terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French helme, from Medieval Latin helmus, from Frankish *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
heaume m (plural heaumes)
- (historical, heraldry) a mediaeval military helmet protecting the head and face
- (obsolete) any helmet
- Synonym: casque
Further reading edit
- “heaume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.