war-mask
noun1
A mask, visor, or the like, worn on the head into battle.
- He that heedeth the path of the spear in the battle Ran away from the fight, and he wept as he wended; Unto him as he ran there, that warder of war-mask, Nowise good was the hope of his getting him peace.1892, William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon, The Saga Library: The story of the Ere-dwellers (Eyrbyggja Saga), London: Bernard Quaritch, page 41:
- “Now, my friend, don't you recognise your father's sword, his favourite weapon, the one he wore when he went out in his war-mask to face the Danes on that final day.”1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 65: