From Encyclopedia
- Couter
- Also spelt cowter. Plate armor protecting the elbow.
- Crossbow
- A horizontal bow set at 90 degrees to the tiller and spanned by mechanical means. Originally made of horn, wood, and sinew, the bowstave was later…
- Standard
- A mail collar common in the fifteenth century.
- Sax
- Also saex. Long and heavy single-edged knife prefered by the Nordic peoples. Saxes could up to 3 ft in length, and hilted like …

