Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ventail

Ventail (vent"āl) , noun

[Old French ventaille, French ventail. See Ventilate, and compare Aventail.]

That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, -- sometimes in the visor. — Spenser
Her ventail up so high that he descried Her goodly visage and her beauty's pride. — Fairfax