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    • IPA: /ˈmɒɹɪən/
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Substantiv
1.morionhistorisk

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever.
  2. (mineralogy) A brown or black variety of quartz.

Exempel

  • 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.
  • 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.

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Pluralmorions