Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Doublet
A man's close-fitting jacket with or without sleeves, worn chiefly from the 14th to 16th centuries.
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- Crest
- A heraldic recognitive device fixed to the top of the great helm, introduced in the second half of the thirteenth and in wide use by the…
- Corselet
- See Corslet.
- Rondel
- A disc of metal fitted to daggers or staff weapons to protect the user's hand, and to the rear of armets to protect the…
- Riser
- Opposite of a fuller. Makes a sword more rigid yet with a flixible spine.
