From Encyclopedia
- Quillions
- Special (Renaissance) term for two straight or curved cross-guards (front and back). Called just cross or guard when on Medieval …
- Riser
- Opposite of a fuller. Makes a sword more rigid yet with a flixible spine.
- Upper end
- The hilt part of a sword.
- Ventail
- An integral flap of mail attached to the coif in the thirteenth century; it could be drawn across the mouth to protect the lower face.
