From Encyclopedia
- Boss
- Also umbo. The round shaped piece of metal at the center of a shield. Protects the hand.
- Harness
- A term used in preference to 'suit' when talking of a complete armour.
- Morning star
- Also called morgenstern. A form of spiked club , popular in the early sixteenth century.
- Waist lame
- A horizontal lamination in the breast or backplate at waist level.
