vervelle

[ vur-vel ]

noun

, Armor.

1. any of a number of staples riveted along the base of a basinet to hold an aventail.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vervelle¹

Apparently < Middle French vervelle, Old French verviele hinge, ring on a hawk's leash < Vulgar Latin *vertibellum, diminutive of Late Latin vertibulum, re-formation of Latin vertebra joint, vertebra

Example Sentences

Vervelle, ver-vel′, n. the loop that secured the camail in medieval armour.

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He became the son-in-law of Vervelle, in 1832, marrying Virginie Vervelle, the heiress of the family, who brought him a dowry of one hundred thousand francs, as well as country and city property.

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Elie Magus gave him an order for pictures after the Flemish school, which he sold to Vervelle as works of Dow or Teniers.

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Madame Vervelle, however, was horrified at the idea of Joseph Bridau's bursting in Pierre's studio, and "touching up" the portrait of Mademoiselle Virginie, afterwards Madame Grassou.

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Retiring from the trade, Vervelle became, in his own way, an amateur artist; wished to form a gallery of paintings, and believed that he was collecting Flemish specimens, works of Tenier, Metzu, and Rembrandt; employed Elie Magus to form the collection, and, with that Jew as go-between, married his daughter Virginie to Pierre Grassou.

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