Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Cod-piece
Fabric covering for the groin, latterly padded. Its counterpart in armour could be either of mail or, more usually, of plate.
From Encyclopedia
- Flammards
- Also flambards. Two-handed swords with a certain wave or with a flamed blade.
- Gambeson
- Quilted and embellished coat-armor.
- Hache
- Also Bec de Faucon, Pollaxe (misnomer) or Polaxe. Two basic forms – First one has an axe-shaped edged…
- Muffler
- Mitten-like removable extension of a sleeve on a hauberk.
