From Encyclopedia
- Backplate
- Plate armour defence for the back.
- Inlay
- See Damascening.
- Sax
- Also saex. Long and heavy single-edged knife prefered by the Nordic peoples. Saxes could up to 3 ft in length, and hilted like …
- Volant-piece
- An English term for the reinforcing brow-piece on a helmet such as the sallet.
