▪ I. † umbrel1 Obs.
Also 6 -ell.
[ad. OF. ombrel shade: cf. umbrere.]
The visor of a helmet.
| [1437 in Meyrick Ant. Armour (1824) II. 127 Arma in primis v galee cum v umbrells et iiii ventells.] c 1470 Lydgate's Chron. Troy. iii. 1636 (MS. Digby 230), With his swerde so myȝtely [Ulysses] gan race Thoruȝ þe vmbrel in to Troylus face. 1530 Palsgr. 285/1 Umbrell of an heed pece, uisiere. |
▪ II. † umbrel2 Obs.
[Anglicized f. umbrella; in first quot. ad. F. ombrelle.]
1. = umbrella 1.
| 1603 Florio Montaigne iii. ix. 583 These Vmbrels or riding canapies, which since the ancient Romanes, the Italians vse, doe more weary the armes, then ease the head. 1617 Moryson Itin. iii. 21 In hot regions, to avoid the heat of the sun in some places (as in Italy) they carry Umbrels, or things like a little canopy over their heads. 1694 D'Urfey Don Quixote i. 9 Thou shouldst walk in the Streets with thy Train held up, and two Embroidered Laqueys holding an Umbrel over thee. |
2. (See quot.)
| 1688 Holme Armoury iii. 271/1 Antiquity did ever set forth the Virgin Mary after this form with her Umbrel or Shady Hat. |