Category:Sallet

Sal"let, n. Etym: [f. salade, sp. celada, or it. celata, fr. L. (cassis) caelata, fr. caelare, caelatum, to engrave in relief. So Called from the figures engraved upon it.]

Defn: a light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced During the 15th century. [written also salade.] Then he must have a sallet wherewith his head may be saved. Latimer.

Sallet; salleting Sal"let, sal"let*ing, n.

Defn: salad. [obs.] Shak.