From Encyclopedia
- Jack
- Poor coat from layered fabric or leather will little plates inserted and stitched between the layers.
- Klappvisier
- A modern term for a globular visor worn in Germany in the fourteenth century to accompany the basinet; it only covered the…
- Pavise
- Large, usually rectangular shield carried by infantrymen and frequently used in siege operations to protect archers. The largest pavises…
- Targe
- Small, more flat wooden shield covered with leather or metal-trimmed, later all- steel.
