From Encyclopedia
- Aventail
- A curtain of mail attached by means of staples (ver-velles) around the base of a helmet (especially the basinet ), and…
- Couter
- Also spelt cowter. Plate armor protecting the elbow.
- Fauld
- Armour (usually composed of horizontal lames) attached to the bottom edge of a breastplate to protect the abdomen.
- Tang
- The continuing, hidden part of a blade inside a handle. May be of a different temper than the blade. Sword may have full or…
