From Encyclopedia
- Brigandine
- Form of coat-of-plates with hundreds of small plates, partially covering each other. Mobile yet protective.
- Edge
- The sharp, cutting part of a blade. Swords are single or double-edged.
- Spangenhelm
- A modern German term describing conical helmets constructed of a number of segments riveted together; descended from Late Roman prototypes.
- Volant-piece
- An English term for the reinforcing brow-piece on a helmet such as the sallet.
