From Encyclopedia
- Backsword
- Also Mortuary sword or German Reitschwert. Has only one cutting edge (therefore its name). The non-cutting edge is…
- Coif
- Hood of fabric or mail worn under a helmet. By the twelfth century it often incorporated a ventail.
- Edge
- The sharp, cutting part of a blade. Swords are single or double-edged.
- Lance rest
- A support for the lance when couched; this was bolted to the right side of the breastplate and was often hinged.
