From Encyclopedia
- Bracer
- Early fourteenth century form of defence for the lower arm; also a term for an archer's arm guard to protect the forearm from the bowstring.
- Nut
- Round pivoted component retained within the stock (tiller) of a
crossbow to take the string. It is usually made of solid ivory or…
- Tilt
- A barrier of wood covered in cloth to separate the jousters as they ran a course. Introduced m the fifteenth century to stop headlong…
- Bayonet
- At the end of the seventeenth century the French introduced the socket
bayonet. This contained a sleeve fitting round the barrel and was
locked…
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