Usually means: Chain mail neck and shoulder protection.
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  1. aventail: Merriam-Webster
  2. aventail: Collins English Dictionary
  3. aventail: Vocabulary.com
  4. Aventail, aventail: Wordnik
  5. aventail: Wiktionary
  6. Aventail, aventail: Dictionary.com
  7. Aventail: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Aventail: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. aventail: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. aventail: Rhymezone
  11. Aventail: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. aventail: FreeDictionary.org
  13. aventail: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Aventail: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. aventail: Infoplease Dictionary
  16. aventail: Merriam-Webster

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  1. An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (No longer online)

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  1. Arms and Armour (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (aventail)

noun:  A curtain or flap of chainmail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.
noun:  Synonym of ventail (“movable (solid plate) front to a helmet”).

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