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Aventail: 1) A mail garment protecting the neck.
(Prestwich, Michael. Armies and Warfare in the Middle Ages: The English Experience, 347)
2) A "curtain" of mail to protect the neck, suspended from the helmet and reaching to the shoulders.
(Wise, Terence. Medieval Warfare, 246)