From Encyclopedia
- Cross
- Also cross-guard or quillions. The straight bar or guard of a Medieval sword.
- Hilt
- The lower part of a sword. Consists of a cross-guard, handle/grip, and a pommel. Medieval swords are most likely to have a…
- Pummel
- See Pommel.
- Spaudler
- A light laminated defence protecting the point of the shoulder and top of the arm, especially popular in Germany.
