Home › Words › O › oreilletteoreillette/ɔɹ.eɪ(l)ˈjɛt/oreillette means A flap or plate covering the ear in medieval armor helmets and civilian clothing.oreillette is pronounced /ɔɹ.eɪ(l)ˈjɛt/.EtymologyFrom French oreillette. Compare Middle English horete. Also compare Spanish orejera (“ear armor”), using a different suffix.nounA flap or plate covering the ear in medieval armor helmets and civilian clothing.e.g.“The head is covered with a helmet, with oreillettes, and a pierced vizor; upon which are the arms of England, and the King's initials, “J. R.”” — 1850, The Royal Companion to the "Sights of London" and Within Twenty-five Miles of St. Paul's: Containing a Mass of Valuable Information, Useful, Entertaining, and Instructive, Especially to VisitorsDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).