Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Gorget
Also called a collar. Close-fitting plate protecting the neck, throat, and upper chest.
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- Arming sword
- Also short sword. Single-handed weapon which looks like a simple longsword. Attached to the a knight’s belt.
- Gardebras
- Armor for the whole arm. Consists of the couter, vambrace and rerebrace.
- Klappvisier
- A modern term for a globular visor worn in Germany in the fourteenth century to accompany the basinet; it only covered the…
- Badelaire
- Sword with a heavy, curved blade and S-shaped quillions; used during the 16th century.
