From Encyclopedia
- Aventail
- A curtain of mail attached by means of staples (ver-velles) around the base of a helmet (especially the basinet ), and…
- Bill
- Also Brown Bill or Black Bill. Polearm with a wide cutting blade and sometimes also spikes and hooks.…
- Lance rest
- A support for the lance when couched; this was bolted to the right side of the breastplate and was often hinged.
- Waist lame
- A horizontal lamination in the breast or backplate at waist level.
