Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Bard, or Barding
A term for horse armor, which could be made from a variety of materials, including mail and plate.
From Encyclopedia
- Backplate
- Plate armour defence for the back.
- Jack
- Poor coat from layered fabric or leather will little plates inserted and stitched between the layers.
- Lucerne hammer
- A staff weapon with a hammer-head balanced by a fluke, popular with Swiss infantry in both the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
- Arnis
- Italian for "harness", the historical term for being "in armour".
