From Encyclopedia
- Gardebras
-
Armor for the whole arm. Consists of the
couter,
vambrace and
rerebrace.
- Lance rest
- A support for the
lance when couched; this was bolted to the right side of the breastplate and was often hinged.
- Surcoat
- Also
overcoat. Long, tunic-like piece of cloth worn over
armor to keep the dirt, rain and sun heat out and present the…
- Ox-tongue spear
- Also called the Langdebeve and Langue de Boeve (both mean tongue of the
ox). The ox-tongue spear was a polearm weapon common among the Swiss
and…
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