Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Walking-Sword
See Small-Sword.
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- Gorget
- Also called a collar. Close-fitting plate protecting the neck, throat, and upper chest.
- Rapier
- Long, double- edged, single-handed sword with a thin blade. Designed to emphasize the thrust. Probably the first…
- Tilt
- A barrier of wood covered in cloth to separate the jousters as they ran a course. Introduced m the fifteenth century to stop headlong…
- Ventail
- An integral flap of mail attached to the coif in the thirteenth century; it could be drawn across the mouth to protect the lower face.
