From Encyclopedia
- Arquebus
- Also called Harquebus, Hackbut or Hagbush. A short gun used by infantry throughout the sixteenth and early seventeenth…
- Nut
- Round pivoted component retained within the stock (tiller) of a crossbow to take the string. It is usually made of solid ivory or…
- Tang nut
- See Pommel nut.
- Ball & chain
- Type of flail; consists of a metal ball attached to a short wooden handle by a chain.