bevor
USBEE-vur/ˈbivɚ/UKBEE-vuh/ˈbiːvə/
Pluralbevors
- 1A section of plate armor designed to protect the lower face and neck, usually built in two parts.
Like a catcher's mask that extends down to cover the throat as well as the face.
The squire polished the bevor until the steel gleamed in the morning light.
Many helmets had an upper part joined with hinges to a bevor, which protected the knight′s lower face and jaw.
2011, Kerrie Logan Hollihan, Elizabeth INote
The name makes it a steel bib: Middle English baviere comes from Old French baviere, a child's bib, from baver, "to slaver." It is easily confused with the gorget, and Paul B. Newman's Daily life in the Middle Ages (2001) draws the line: a gorget encircles the neck and needs more articulation, while a bevor is open at the back and rises above the jaw at the sides and front.
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Origin
From Middle English baviere, from Old French baviere ("child's bib"), which came from baver ("to slaver").