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sallet¹

  • /ˈsælɪt/

Rhymes with -ælɪt

Where it comes from

From Middle French salade, from Spanish celada, thought to be from Latin caelāta (“ornamentally engraved [helmet]”) (although the Latin word is not attested in this sense).

noun sallets · salet · salade · celate

  1. historical A type of light spherical combat helmet used in the 15th century. At Hampton Court, sallets for archers on horseback, sallets with grates, and old sallets with vizards: At Windsor, salettes and skulls: At Calais, saletts with vysars and bevers, and salets with bevers.

sallet²

  • /ˈsælɪt/

Rhymes with -ælɪt

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Alternative forms.

noun sallets

  1. archaic, countable, uncountable Archaic form of salad One ſaid there was no ſallets in the lines to make thẽ ſauory, / But called it an honeſt methode, as wholeſome as ſweete.

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noun type of light spherical helmet

Españolcelada
Portuguêscelada
Françaissalade
DeutschSchaller

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@misc{sallet_2026,
  title = {sallet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sallet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}