From Encyclopedia
- Bevor
- Also called bavier or buffe. A chin-shaped defense for the lower face, incorporating a gorget plate. The buffe was an…
- Buffe
- See bevor and falling buffe.
- Falchion
- Single-edged sword with a heavy and towards the tip widening blade. Similar to a meat cleaver. Used mostly by infantry. Balanced…
- Doublet
- A man's close-fitting jacket with or without sleeves, worn chiefly from the 14th to 16th centuries.