Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Backplate
Plate armour defence for the back.
From Encyclopedia
- Couter
- Also spelt cowter. Plate armor protecting the elbow.
- Lame
- A narrow strip or plate of steel, sometimes used in armour to provide articulation.
- Full moon
- Parrying weapon consisting of a steel ring attached to a handle with two curved blades fitted to either end; outer edges of the ring and the blades…
- Herebra
- Phoenician sword with a double-edged, leaf-shaped blade OR straight-bladed Bornean sword with a guardless wooden hilt.
