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An early aventail guarded the wearer's head, neck, and chin between a mail shirt and a helmet.

An aventail or camail is a flexible curtain of chainmail on a helmet, that extends to cover the neck and shoulders. The mail could be removed for cleaning or storage, and attached to the helm through use of a leather cord that was threaded through brass rings at the edge of the helm. Aventails were most commonly seen on bascinets in the 14th century and served as a replacement for a chainmail coif. Some aventails were decorated with edging in brass or bronze links, or dagged edges.

Aventails were typically attached to the helmet via small staples known as vervelles.

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 [[Image:Aventail.jpg|thumb|right|180|An early aventail guarded the wearer's head, neck, and chin between a mail shirt and a helmet.]]
-An '''aventail''' or '''camail''' is a flexible curtain of [[chainmail]] on a [[helmet]], that extends to cover the neck and shoulders. The mail could be removed for cleaning or storage, and attached to the helm through use of a leather cord that was threaded through [[brass]] rings at the edge of the helm. Aventails were most commonly seen on [[bascinet]]s in the [[14th century]] and served as a replacement for a [[Chainmaille coif]]. Some aventails were decorated with edging in [[brass]] or [[bronze]] links, or dagged edges.
+An '''aventail''' or '''camail''' is a flexible curtain of [[chainmail]] on a [[helmet]], that extends to cover the neck and shoulders. The mail could be removed for cleaning or storage, and attached to the helm through use of a leather cord that was threaded through [[brass]] rings at the edge of the helm. Aventails were most commonly seen on [[bascinet]]s in the [[14th century]] and served as a replacement for a [[chainmail]] [[coif]]. Some aventails were decorated with edging in [[brass]] or [[bronze]] links, or dagged edges.
 Aventails were typically attached to the helmet via small staples known as [[vervelles]].

v t e Components of medieval European armour
Head	Armet Barbute Bascinet Burgonet Cervelliere Enclosed helmet Close helmet Great helm Frog mouth Hounskull Lobster tail pot Mail coif Morion Nasal helmet Sallet Spangenhelm Kettle hat
Face	Visor Falling buffe
Neck	Aventail Bevor Gorget Pizaine
Torso	Breastplate Brigandine Cuirass Culet Pauncer Plackart Fauld Hauberk Codpiece Lance rest Coat of plates Jack of plate
Arms	Ailette Besagew Couter Gauntlet Pauldron Rerebrace Spaulder Vambrace
Legs	Bases Chausses Cuisses Greave Poleyn Sabaton Schynbald Tasset
Pieces	Gousset Lame Rondel Arming points