Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Ball & chain
Type of flail; consists of a metal ball attached to a short wooden handle by a chain.
From Encyclopedia
- Coat-armor
- Top-covering piece of clothing. Popular in tournaments where it presented the beholder’s coat of arms.
- Fuller
- A shallow flute in the middle of one or both sides of a blade. Lightens the sword and makes it stronger and somewhat flexible.…
- Helmet
- Armor protecting the head. Comes in many forms.
- 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…
