Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Locking gauntlet
Gauntlet with overlapping little plates fastened to a pin on the wrist.
From Encyclopedia
- Pommel nut
- Also pommel bolt or tang nut. Capstan rivet sometimes included in pommels.
- Rondel
- A disc of metal fitted to daggers or staff weapons to protect the user's hand, and to the rear of armets to protect the…
- Sabaton
- Articulated, steel armor protecting the foot. Sometimes called solleret by the French.
- Verdun
- Long thrusting sword with a diamond or square-sectioned blade used in the 16th century.
