From Encyclopedia
- Crossbow
- A horizontal bow set at 90 degrees to the tiller and spanned by mechanical means. Originally made of horn, wood, and sinew, the bowstave was later…
- Pollaxe
- (The preferred spelling to polaxe or poleaxe). A knightly staff weapon, its head being an axehead, usually balanced by a fluke or…
- Pommel bolt
- See Pommel nut.
- Spaudler
- A light laminated defence protecting the point of the shoulder and top of the arm, especially popular in Germany.
