From Encyclopedia
- Cod-piece
- Fabric covering for the groin, latterly padded. Its counterpart in armour could be either of mail or, more usually, of plate.
- Catapult
- Class of siege engines designed to throw spears and heavy bolts.
- Gambeson
- Quilted and embellished coat-armor.
- Nasal
- Plate defence on early medieval helmets, often riveted to the bottom of the skull to cover the nose and middle of the face.
