Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Spear
Also volgue. Weapon with a long shaft, made for thrusting in the first place.
From Encyclopedia
- Cod-piece
- Fabric covering for the groin, latterly padded. Its counterpart in armour could be either of mail or, more usually, of plate.
- Gisarme
- Solid and bulky, ornamental spear-like polearm.
- Jack
- Poor coat from layered fabric or leather will little plates inserted and stitched between the layers.
- Tilt
- A barrier of wood covered in cloth to separate the jousters as they ran a course. Introduced m the fifteenth century to stop headlong…
