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Webster 1913 Edition


Umbriere

{

Um-brere

,

Um-briere

}
,
Noun.
[F.
ombre
a shade, L.
umbra
; cf. F.
ombrelle
a sunshade, OF. also
ombrière
. See
Umbrella
.]
In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also
umber
, and umbril.
[Obs.]
But only vented up her
umbriere
.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Umbriere

UMBRIE'RE

,
Noun.
The visor of a helmet.

Definition 2024


umbriere

umbriere

English

Noun

umbriere (plural umbrieres)

  1. Alternative form of umbrere
    "But onely vented up her umbriere" (Spenser's Faerie Queene, Book III, Canto 1, Stanza 42, line 8)