Sal"let (săl"l&ebreve;t), n. [F. salade, Sp. celada, or It. celata, fr. L. (cassis) caelata, fr. caelare, caelatum, to engrave in relief. So called from the figures engraved upon it.] A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century. [Written also salade.]

Then he must have a sallet wherewith his head may be saved.

{ Sal"let, Sal"let*ing }, n. Salad. [Obs.] Shak.

Sal"let (săl"l&ebreve;t), n. [F. salade, Sp. celada, or It. celata, fr. L. (cassis) caelata, fr. caelare, caelatum, to engrave in relief. So called from the figures engraved upon it.] A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century. [Written also salade.]

Then he must have a sallet wherewith his head may be saved.

{ Sal"let, Sal"let*ing }, n. Salad. [Obs.] Shak.

• A helmet, also sometimes called a salade or celate.
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       *1786: At Hampton Court, sallets for archers on horseback, sallets with grates, and old sallets with vizards: At Windsor, salettes and skulls: At Calais, saletts with vysars and bevers, and salets with bevers. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11.