Barbut
a steel helmet of the 15th century completely enclosing the head and having a T -shaped face slit: similar in form to the ancient Corinthian bronze helmet.
Historical Examples
The old voyager barbut says that poultry are not natural to Guinea.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin
The barbut and rubab thus were different instruments as late as the 19th century in Persia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 Various
Such is the account that Mr. barbut gives of this beautiful nimble little creature.
The Book of Curiosities I. Platts
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