Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Jerkin
1. a short, close-fitting coat or jacket, often sleeveless, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries 2. a short, sleeveless vest worn by women and girls
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- Cowter
- See Couter.
- Flamberge
- Special type of rapier with a waved blade. Used mostly by officers and uper class. Effective in parrying when it slows down the…
- Falcata
- Forward-curving single-edged sword.
- Haubergen
- Shorter version of the hauberk, a shirt made of mail, usually laced down the sides.
