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bevor

  • /ˈbivɚ/ US
  • /ˈbiːvə/ UK

Sounds like beaver, Belvoir, bever · Rhymes with -iːvə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English baviere, from Old French baviere (“child's bib”), from baver (“to slaver”).

noun bevors · beaver · bever

  1. historical A portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor. He who lookes you in the face, ſaith he ſees you, though the reſt of your bodie be within your cloathes, and if you, being an ὁωλομάχος a cataphract in your proteſtantiſh πανοπλία [panoplía, suit of armour] should for fear pull downe your beuer before you come into the liſt, your Aduerſarie for all

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noun plate armour protecting the lower face and neck

Españolbarbote
Portuguêsbarbote
Françaisbavière
DeutschBart
Italianobarbozza

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@misc{bevor_2026,
  title = {bevor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bevor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}