Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Brigandine
Form of coat-of-plates with hundreds of small plates, partially covering each other. Mobile yet protective.
From Encyclopedia
- Harness
- A term used in preference to 'suit' when talking of a complete armour.
- Hauberk
- Long (up to knees or longer) coat of mail with originally long sleeves and later sleeves ending in mail mittens.
- Rebated
- Training or tournament sword with blunted point and edge.
- Sax
- Also saex. Long and heavy single-edged knife prefered by the Nordic peoples. Saxes could up to 3 ft in length, and hilted like …
