Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Cowter
See Couter.
From Encyclopedia
- Byrnie
- Mail shirt with elbow-length sleeves, ends in the middle of the beholder’s thighs.
- Gisarme
- Solid and bulky, ornamental spear-like polearm.
- Aclys
- Wooden Roman throwing stick with a spiked head; attached to user's arm with a strap which enabled it to be retrieved after it had been thrown.
- Fletching
- Feathers fastened onto the back of an arrow to help it fly straight.
