Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Gorget
Also called a collar. Close-fitting plate protecting the neck, throat, and upper chest.
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- Byrnie
- Mail shirt with elbow-length sleeves, ends in the middle of the beholder’s thighs.
- Hilt
- The lower part of a sword. Consists of a cross-guard, handle/grip, and a pommel. Medieval swords are most likely to have a…
- Schynbald
- See Greave.
- Bayonet
- At the end of the seventeenth century the French introduced the socket bayonet. This contained a sleeve fitting round the barrel and was locked…
