| The other drags him by the helmet, tearing all the fastening, and he strikes from his head the ventail and the gleaming coif. |
| The upper part is the visor, to admit of vision, the lower the ventail, to admit of breathing. |
| When not at combat readiness, the mailed knight would unfasten his ventail, throw back his coif, and turn back his mittens. |
| The ventail is lined with deer skin, and fastens to the brow with a strap and a period-appropriate buckle. |
| She puts on his hauberk with its strong meshes, and laces on his ventail. |
| Covering the mouth seems to have come in when the integral ventail was developed. |
