Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Fauld
Armour (usually composed of horizontal lames) attached to the bottom edge of a breastplate to protect the abdomen.
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- Couter
- Also spelt cowter. Plate armor protecting the elbow.
- Pike
- Long spear with a small steel head, carried by infantrymen. Metal strips (cheeks) were riveted down the shaft from the point, to reinforce…
- Quillions
- Special (Renaissance) term for two straight or curved cross-guards (front and back). Called just cross or guard when on Medieval …
- Javelin
- A short throwing spear, used as a shock weapon.
