beaver (2), beevor, bevor, bever, bavier, beauvoir (bovwar)

[Fr. bavière = the bib put before a slavering infant ( Cotgrave ); bavette = a slavering-cloth; baver = to slabber, slaver, drivel, dribble, foam; Fr. bave; Ital. bava; Sp. and Port. baba foam; Ital. baviera = the vizor of a head-piece.] The part of a helmet which, being made movable, can be raised to show the face or be put down to protect it. "So beene they both at one, and doen upreare Their bevers bright each other for to greet." Spenser: F. Q., II. 1. 29. Shakesp.: Hamlet , i. 2. "Oh, yes, my lord, he wore his beaver up."