Encyclopedia of historical weapons
From Encyclopedia
- Hackbut
- See Arquebus.
- Pollaxe
- (The preferred spelling to polaxe or poleaxe). A knightly staff weapon, its head being an axehead, usually balanced by a fluke or…
- Ball & chain
- Type of flail; consists of a metal ball attached to a short wooden handle by a chain.
- Veruta
- Throwing javelin of the late empire.
