visier

plural visiers

1. archaicArchaic spelling of vizier.

plural visiers

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of visor.

   Or, the visiers, i.e. the perforated part of their helmets, through which they could see to direct their aim.

   1807, The dramatic works [of William Shakespeare]: with explanatory notes … by Samuel Ayscough, page 493

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   horsemen had their hose, Helmets and Visiers, a Shield and launce and two swords; the horses were to be covered with armour and every way prepared for battle, […]

   1777, Edward Ledwich, Antiquitates Sarisburienses: Or, The History and Antiquities of Old and New Sarum, page 36

   pikes, daggers, rapiers, crossbows, single and double-handed swords, javelins, mailed, plated, and scaled cuirasses, visiers, gauntlets, helmets, breast-plates, and cavalry shields, both convex and flat, […]

   1845, The Lady of Milan; Or, Fidelity Unto Death. Edited by Mrs. Thomson, page 212