From Encyclopedia
- Breastplate
- Plate armour protecttion for the front of the torso, to the waist. See also plackart.
- Basnet
- See Basinet.
- Foible
- Special (Renaissance) term for the upper, weaker part of a blade. Does most of the attacking for its speed and nimbleness.
- Jupon
- Short, fitted overcoat made of several thick fabric layers and a final layer which was usually from silk or velvet. Has an embroided coat of arms of…
