From Encyclopedia
- Edge
- The sharp, cutting part of a blade. Swords are single or double-edged.
- Fauld
- Armour (usually composed of horizontal lames) attached to the bottom edge of a breastplate to protect the abdomen.
- Hackbut
- See Arquebus.
- Kite-shaped shield
- A large, elongated triangular shield with a rounded top used throughout Europe from the tenth to the thirteenth century, commonly…
