Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Cuirass
Also called pair of curates. Full-coverage, plate body- armor. Consists of breastplate, backplate, and sometimes tassets.
From Encyclopedia
- Finger-Ring
- See Annellet.
- Ricasso
- The dull part of a blade right above the hilt. Made for fingering. Not all swords have it.
- Doublet
- A man's close-fitting jacket with or without sleeves, worn chiefly from the 14th to 16th centuries.
- Japurunga
- Wooden club with a double-pronged head.
