Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Lame
A narrow strip or plate of steel, sometimes used in armour to provide articulation.
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- Besagew
- Large, sliding roundel, protecting joints on a human body.
- Camail
- Also Aventail. Hood or tippet made from mail.
- Falx
- The falx is a curved cutlass-like blade on the end of a long wooden (almost spear-like) handle. Unlike a cutlass, however, the falx is sharpened…
- Haubergen
- Shorter version of the hauberk, a shirt made of mail, usually laced down the sides.
