Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Poleyn
Armor protecting the knee.
From Encyclopedia
- Boss
- Also umbo. The round shaped piece of metal at the center of a shield. Protects the hand.
- Brown Bill
- See Bill.
- Coat-of-Plates
- Form of a flexible plate- armor made of steel, bone, or hardened leather plates which are riveted or stitched inside leather or…
- Volant-piece
- An English term for the reinforcing brow-piece on a helmet such as the sallet.
