From Encyclopedia
- Coif
- Hood of fabric or mail worn under a helmet. By the twelfth century it often incorporated a ventail.
- Fingering
- Wraping index finger around sword’s ricasso to give it a greater tip control.
- Spangenhelm
- A modern German term describing conical helmets constructed of a number of segments riveted together; descended from Late Roman prototypes.
- Gala
- Sword with a carved wooden handle and no guard.
