Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Genuillieres
Plate pieces to protect the knee.
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- Sax
- Also saex. Long and heavy single-edged knife prefered by the Nordic peoples. Saxes could up to 3 ft in length, and hilted like …
- Volant-piece
- An English term for the reinforcing brow-piece on a helmet such as the sallet.
- Fletching
- Feathers fastened onto the back of an arrow to help it fly straight.
- Recurve bow
- Unlike the longbow, the ends of an unstrung recurve bow are curved away from the archer. This allows the strung bow to be more powerful and shorter…
