Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Byrnie
Mail shirt with elbow-length sleeves, ends in the middle of the beholder’s thighs.
From Encyclopedia
- Armet
- Close-fitted helmet with a visor and hinged cheek coverings. More sofisticated than bascinet and less sofisticated than…
- Coif
- Hood of fabric or mail worn under a helmet. By the twelfth century it often incorporated a ventail.
- Pauldron
- Plate armor for shoulders from several overlapping pieces.
- Pummel
- See Pommel.
