From Encyclopedia
- Arming Cap
- Quilted cap worn beneath the helmet.
- Cuirass
- Also called pair of curates. Full-coverage, plate body- armor. Consists of breastplate, backplate, and sometimes …
- Mitten gauntlet
- A gauntlet with articulated transverse lames covering the fingers, rather than the fingers each being separately protected by a series of…
- Slow match
- A slow-burning cord of hemp or flax soaked in saltpetre and then dried. Used to ignite cannon and hand guns.
