From Encyclopedia
- Bevor
- Also called bavier or buffe. A chin-shaped defense for the lower face, incorporating a gorget plate. The buffe was an…
- Gambeson
- Quilted and embellished coat-armor.
- Targe
- Small, more flat wooden shield covered with leather or metal-trimmed, later all- steel.
- Ventail
- An integral flap of mail attached to the coif in the thirteenth century; it could be drawn across the mouth to protect the lower face.
