chapel de fer

== English == === Etymology === From French chapel de fer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃæˈpɛl də ˈfɛəɹ/ === Noun === chapel de fer (plural chapels de fer) (historical) A kettle hat, a type of helmet. 1842, Samuel Rush Meyrick, A Critical Inquiry Into Antient Armour, page 102, quoting an older work: "Also sixteen chapels de fer, with seven broken wooden cross-bows." Joinville observes, that when the knights were wounded it became impossible very often, from the weight, and consequent fatigue, to put on their defensive [armor]. 1867, John Murray (firm), Handbook for Travellers in Yorkshire ..., page 170: […] knight has a chapel de fer with wreath, a collar of SS., and on his surcoat a chevron charged with […] == French == === Noun === chapel de fer m (plural chapels de fer) alternative form of chapeau de fer: a chapel de fer (helmet) 1839, Louis François de Villeneuve-Bargemont (marq. de Villeneuve-Trans.), Histoire de saint Louis, roi de France, page 473: