From Encyclopedia
- Backplate
- Plate armour defence for the back.
- Hand-and-a-half sword
- See bastard sword.
- Misericorde
- Straight, narrow dagger often used for the very last help to the mortally wounded warriors.
- Steel
- An alloy of wrought iron and carbon, capable of being hardened by heating and then quenching (rapid cooling) in water. This hardening process could…
