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S vs Bevor - What's the difference?

s | bevor |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun bevor is

(historical) a portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    bevor

    English

    (wikipedia bevor)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A portion of plate armour to protect the lower face and the neck, typically in two parts, called upper bevor and lower bevor.
  • * 2001 , Paul B. Newman, Daily life in the Middle Ages , page 210,
  • Since gorgets completely encircled the neck, they were usually more articulated than the bevors' to allow for some movement of the neck and head. '''Bevors''' typically were open in back but extended up above the wearer?s jaw on the sides and front. Use of a ' bevor or a gorget depended upon the type of helmet the knight wore.
  • * 2008 , Christopher Gravett, Knight: Noble Warrior of England 1200-1600 , page 233,
  • For heavy field use a reinforcing breastplate was sometimes added, together with a wrapper over the upper bevor .
  • * 2011 , Kerrie Logan Hollihan, Elizabeth I, the People's Queen: Her Life and Times, 21 Activities , page 61,
  • Many helmets had an upper part joined with hinges to a bevor , which protected the knight?s lower face and jaw.

    See also

    * gorget (protects the neck) ----