Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Poleyn
Armor protecting the knee.
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- Arquebus
- Also called Harquebus, Hackbut or Hagbush. A short gun used by infantry throughout the sixteenth and early seventeenth…
- Camail
- Also Aventail. Hood or tippet made from mail.
- Flanged mace
- By the middle ages, many European maces were all metal construction. Flanges, spikes, and similar pointed protrusions were added to combat plate…
- Zagbnal
- Steel pick or beaked axe from India; often engraved and inlaid with gold.
