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Vizor

noun

A piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face. Synonym: visor.

A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes. Synonyms: bill, eyeshade, peak, visor.

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Etymology of 'Vizor'

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"Vizor" Quotes from Famous Books

... before the fall, and before the serpent was assumed by the fallen angels, they were, being God's creatures, "good," as the rest in their kind; neither was there any jarring or violence put between them; but after the serpent was become the devil's vizor, then was an enmity ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... mightiness than to the number of the blows. Agnar, being of higher rank, was put first; and the blow which he dealt is said to have been so furious, that he cut through the front of the helmet, wounded the skin on the scalp, and had to let go his sword, which became locked in the vizor-holes. Then Bjarke, who was to deal the return-stroke, leaned his foot against a stock, in order to give the freer poise to his steel, and passed his fine-edged blade through the midst of Agnar's body. Some declare that ...

— The Danish History, Books I-IX • Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")

Words linked to "Vizor" : plate armor, baseball cap, plate armour, armour plate, kepi, peaked cap, jockey cap, armor plate, brim, helmet, armor plating, golf cap, yachting cap, service cap