burgonet means A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
burgonet is pronounced /ˈbɝ.ɡəˌnɛt/.
Etymology
From Old French bourguignotte (modern bourguignote), from Bourgogne (“Burgundy”), perhaps influenced by Middle English burgon (“Burgundian”).
noun
- A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.“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 […]”