Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Cuisse
Armor protecting thighs.
From Encyclopedia
- Backplate
- Plate armour defence for the back.
- Ballock dagger
- Also kidney dagger. Has a double-egded blade with a fuller in its center. Hilt made of wood, horn or sometimes ivory. Has two kidney shaped…
- Polaxe
- See Pollaxe. See also Hache.
- Arming doublet
- Quilted garment worn under armour from the early fifteenth century, equipped with points to attach mail gussets and pieces of armour.
