From Encyclopedia
- Breastplate
- Plate armour protecttion for the front of the torso, to the waist. See also plackart.
- Harness
- A term used in preference to 'suit' when talking of a complete armour.
- Jamber
- See Greave.
- Pavise
- Large, usually rectangular shield carried by infantrymen and frequently used in siege operations to protect archers. The largest pavises…
