Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Fort
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- Ailette
- A flat plate of leather or parchment (square, round or diamond-shaped) which tied to the point of the shoulder. Worn between 1250-1350 to…
- Fingering
- Wraping index finger around sword’s ricasso to give it a greater tip control.
- Pollaxe
- (The preferred spelling to polaxe or poleaxe). A knightly staff weapon, its head being an axehead, usually balanced by a fluke or…
- Footman's lance
- The footman's lance was essentially a spear used solely for thrusting. Generally, lances were considered to be a cavalry weapon but foot soldiers…
