Hist. [var. UMBREL1.] a. A part of a helmet projecting above the eyes. b. A visor.
1824. Meyrick, Ant. Armour, II. 221. The helmet of the king is the casquetel, having no covering for the face, but merely an umbril.
1864. Webster, Umbrere,… an umbril: a visor.
1892. H. Pyle, Men of Iron, xxxii. 306. The Constable advanced to his side, and formally raising the umbril of the helmet, looked him in the face.
