From Encyclopedia
- Backplate
- Plate armour defence for the back.
- Boss
- Also umbo. The round shaped piece of metal at the center of a shield. Protects the hand.
- Gisarme
- Solid and bulky, ornamental spear-like polearm.
- Kite-shaped shield
- A large, elongated triangular shield with a rounded top used throughout Europe from the tenth to the thirteenth century, commonly…