Camail

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (n.) a hood worn in church services, - the amice, or the like.

(2): (n.) A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece.

(3): (n.) A hood of other material than mail;

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

in ecclesiastical usage, is a French name for

(1) a tippet or Mozetta of black silk, worn by French clergy, but edged, lined, or furred to mark canons.

(2) An Aumusse, or cape of fur, adopted by the English dignitaries, with edging of the animal's tail, or pendants, and worn by canons in a modified form in the 15th century. (See Almutium).