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Kettle hats

Scope note

Open helmets, of iron or steel, with a horizontal or downward-sloping broad brim running all the way around, sometimes pierced with an eye slit. They were worn by infantry and besieging forces, more rarely by knightly classes, from the 12th to the 17th century.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000201774

Broader Terms used

<body armor: helmets>

Equivalent Terms used

kettle hat

Created

13yrs ago

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