Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Cowter
See Couter.
From Encyclopedia
- Enarmes
- Leather straps for gripping a shield or a buckler.
- Ricasso
- The dull part of a blade right above the hilt. Made for fingering. Not all swords have it.
- Sabre
- A sword with a curved, single-edged blade (probably originally derived from Eastern scimitars).
- Ahlespiess
- A polearm common to German-speaking areas, particularly used by the Swiss and Habsburgs: the wooden shaft is relatively short, and the weapon is…
