morrión

See also: morrion

Spanish

Etymology

From morra +‎ -ión.

Noun

morrión m (plural morriones)

  1. morion (kind of helmet)

”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

Limpiólas y aderezólas lo mejor que pudo; pero vio que tenían una gran falta, y era que no tenían celada de encaje, sino morrión simple.
He scoured and polished it as best he could, but he perceived one great defect in it, that it had no closed helmet, nothing but a simple morion.

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