Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Ball & chain
Type of flail; consists of a metal ball attached to a short wooden handle by a chain.
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- Cuirass
- Also called pair of curates. Full-coverage, plate body- armor. Consists of breastplate, backplate, and sometimes …
- Enarmes
- Leather straps for gripping a shield or a buckler.
- Rerebrace
- Armor protecting the upper arm.
- Verdun
- Long thrusting sword with a diamond or square-sectioned blade used in the 16th century.
