morion

plural morions

1. historicalA kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor.First known use 16th c.

   The morion is a kind of open helmet, without visor or bever, somewhat resembling a hat; it was commonly worn by the harqubussiers and musqueteers.

   1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 12

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   The Roman footmen caried not their morions, sword and target only, as for other armes (saith Cicero) they were so accustomed to weare them continually, that they hindered them no more than their limbs[…].

   1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 9, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

   This unlucky defect, however, his industry supplied by a vizor, which he made of paste-board, and fixed so artificially to the morrion, that it looked like an intire helmet.

   1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.1

plural morions

1. chemistryA brown or black variety of quartz.First known use 18th c.