Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Brown Bill
See Bill.
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- Brigandine
- Form of coat-of-plates with hundreds of small plates, partially covering each other. Mobile yet protective.
- Coif
- Hood of fabric or mail worn under a helmet. By the twelfth century it often incorporated a ventail.
- Flamberge
- Special type of rapier with a waved blade. Used mostly by officers and uper class. Effective in parrying when it slows down the…
- Pike
- Long spear with a small steel head, carried by infantrymen. Metal strips (cheeks) were riveted down the shaft from the point, to reinforce…
