From Encyclopedia
- Aventail
- A curtain of mail attached by means of staples (ver-velles) around the base of a helmet (especially the basinet ), and…
- Hackbut
- See Arquebus.
- Ricasso
- The dull part of a blade right above the hilt. Made for fingering. Not all swords have it.
- Tang
- The continuing, hidden part of a blade inside a handle. May be of a different temper than the blade. Sword may have full or…
