Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Poleyn
Armor protecting the knee.
From Encyclopedia
- Chausses
- Leggings made from mail when a part of armor.
- Camail
- Also Aventail. Hood or tippet made from mail.
- 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
- Ox-tongue spear
- Also called the Langdebeve and Langue de Boeve (both mean tongue of the ox). The ox-tongue spear was a polearm weapon common among the Swiss and…
