From Encyclopedia
- Breastplate
- Plate armour protecttion for the front of the torso, to the waist. See also plackart.
- Breaths
- Holes or slits in the visor of a helmet or the lames of a falling buffe or bevor, for ventilation; also…
- Couter
- Also spelt cowter. Plate armor protecting the elbow.
- Spangenhelm
- A modern German term describing conical helmets constructed of a number of segments riveted together; descended from Late Roman prototypes.
