Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Cod-piece
Fabric covering for the groin, latterly padded. Its counterpart in armour could be either of mail or, more usually, of plate.
From Encyclopedia
- Chausses
- Leggings made from mail when a part of armor.
- Coat-of-Plates
- Form of a flexible plate- armor made of steel, bone, or hardened leather plates which are riveted or stitched inside leather or…
- Schynbald
- See Greave.
- Bard, or Barding
- A term for horse armor, which could be made from a variety of materials, including mail and plate.
