From Encyclopedia
- Foible
- Special (Renaissance) term for the upper, weaker part of a blade. Does most of the attacking for its speed and nimbleness.
- Gauntlet
- Armored glove mostly consisting of a single plate for the back of the hand and a smaller and flexible part of overlapping plates for the fingers. See…
- Targe
- Small, more flat wooden shield covered with leather or metal-trimmed, later all- steel.
- Adarga
- Parrying weapon consisting of a small bladed shield attached to a short spear.
