morion

Meaning

Noun

• A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor.
• A brown or black variety of quartz.

Origin

• From Middle French morion, from, Spanish morrión, from morra, from morro, from Vulgar Latin *murrum. Related to moraine.
• From French morion, from Late Latin mōrion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormoriōn.