burgonet

English

Etymology

From Old French bourguignotte (modern bourguignote), from Bourgogne (“Burgundy”), perhaps influenced by Middle English burgon (“Burgundian”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝ.ɡəˌnɛt/, /ˌbɝ.ɡəˈnɛt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː.ɡəˌnɛt/, /ˌbɜː.ɡəˈnɛt/

Noun

burgonet (plural burgonets)

1. (historical) A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     He stroke so hugely with his borrowd blade, / That it empierst the Pagans burganet, / And cleauing the hard steele, did deepe inuade / Into his head […]

Derived terms

• close burgonet : a similar helmet, but with a visor

Translations

helmet

• French: bourguignotte (fr)