barbute

English

A barbute.

Etymology

From Italian barbuta, perhaps because it left a wearer's beard (if any) visible.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː.b(j)uːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹ.b(j)ut/

Noun

barbute (plural barbutes)

1. A type of visorless helmet, of 15th-century Italian design, including a T or Y shaped opening for the eyes and mouth.
   • 1920, Bashford Dean, Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare, page 46:

     Medium helmets weighing about six pounds occur in visored bassinets, salades, barbutes, armets and certain burganets.

   • 2013, Miles Cameron, The Red Knight, Orbit, →ISBN:

     Men and women laced their arming caps and donned their helmets—tall bassinets, practical kettle hats, or sturdy barbutes. Soldiers always rode out armed from head to foot—but only a novice or an overeager squire rode in his helmet or gauntlets.

   • 2018, Paul B. Newman, Daily Life in the Middle Ages, McFarland, →ISBN, page 213:

     In place of the visor, the barbute enclosed most of the face, leaving only relatively small openings for the eyes, nose, and mouth. Some barbutes, such as the one shown, appear to have been modeled on ancient Greek helmets.

Alternative forms

• barbut, barbuta, barbuti

Italian

Adjective

barbute f pl

1. feminine plural of barbuto

barbute m pl

1. masculine plural of barbuti