From Encyclopedia
- Cod-piece
- Fabric covering for the groin, latterly padded. Its counterpart in armour could be either of mail or, more usually, of plate.
- Quarterstaff
- Long (6-10 ft), massive pole for personal defense yet very dangerous in skilled hands.
- Upper end
- The hilt part of a sword.
- War hammer
- Also called martel and horseman's pick. A short-hafted hammer used mainly in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries…
