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morion

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mo·ri·on  (môr-n, mr-)
n.
1. A crested metal helmet with a curved peak in front and back, worn by soldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2. A black or blackish brown form of smoky quartz.
[French, from Spanish morrión, from morro, round object, probably from Vulgar Latin *murrum, muzzle.]
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Noun1.morionmorion - a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century
cabasset
helmet - armor plate that protects the head
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So then, his armour being furbished, his morion turned into a helmet, his hack christened, and he himself confirmed, he came to the conclusion that nothing more was needed now but to look out for a lady to be in love with; for a knight-errant without love was like a tree without leaves or fruit, or a body without a soul.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
Add to this the pleasure of displaying himself in rides about the city, and of making his fine military costume, which you may still admire sculptured on his tomb in the abbey of Valmont in Normandy, and his morion, all embossed at Montlhéry, stand out a contrast against the parti-colored red and tawny robes of the aldermen and police.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
The entire array, moreover, clad in burnished steel, and with plumage nodding over their bright morions, had a brilliancy of effect which no modern display can aspire to equal.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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