Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Occularium
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- Aventail
- A curtain of mail attached by means of staples (ver-velles) around the base of a helmet (especially the basinet ), and…
- Fauld
- Armour (usually composed of horizontal lames) attached to the bottom edge of a breastplate to protect the abdomen.
- Greave
- Also called schynbald or jamber. Plate defence for the leg from knee to ankle, initially protecting only the front, but…
- Pommel
- Also called pummel. A variously shaped counterweight to the sword blade, riveted to the end of the sword tang above' the …
