From Encyclopedia
- Backplate
- Plate armour defence for the back.
- Flamberge
- Special type of rapier with a waved blade. Used mostly by officers and uper class. Effective in parrying when it slows down the…
- Pavise
- Large, usually rectangular shield carried by infantrymen and frequently used in siege operations to protect archers. The largest pavises…
- 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.
