Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Standard
A mail collar common in the fifteenth century.
From Encyclopedia
- Cuisse
- Armor protecting thighs.
- Main-gauche
- Left-handed, parrying dagger used along with a rapier.
- Spatha
- Long cavalry sword.
- Gamboised
- A padded defense made of linen, flax or other fabric, sometimes reinforced and studded. Gamboised cuisses were often worn as an early addition to…
