From Encyclopedia
- Coat-of-Plates
- Form of a flexible plate- armor made of steel, bone, or hardened leather plates which are riveted or stitched inside leather or…
- Lower end
- The pointed part of a sword.
- Ricasso
- The dull part of a blade right above the hilt. Made for fingering. Not all swords have it.
- Ventail
- An integral flap of mail attached to the coif in the thirteenth century; it could be drawn across the mouth to protect the lower face.