Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Bavier
See Bevor.
From Encyclopedia
- Enarmes
- Leather straps for gripping a shield or a buckler.
- Greave
- Also called schynbald or jamber. Plate defence for the leg from knee to ankle, initially protecting only the front, but…
- Hache
- Also Bec de Faucon, Pollaxe (misnomer) or Polaxe. Two basic forms – First one has an axe-shaped edged…
- Recurve bow
- Unlike the longbow, the ends of an unstrung recurve bow are curved away from the archer. This allows the strung bow to be more powerful and shorter…
