English Explanatory Dictionary

mambrino

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medieval iron hat.

Word forms

mambrino mambrinos

Etymology

In reference to an incident in Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha, where a barber uses his brass basin to protect his hat from the rain; Don Quixote believes this basin to be the enchanted helmet of the Moorish king Mambrino.

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