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- Armet
- Close-fitted helmet with a visor and hinged cheek coverings. More sofisticated than bascinet and less sofisticated than…
- Lance rest
- A support for the lance when couched; this was bolted to the right side of the breastplate and was often hinged.
- Pike
- Long spear with a small steel head, carried by infantrymen. Metal strips (cheeks) were riveted down the shaft from the point, to reinforce…
- Rondel
- A disc of metal fitted to daggers or staff weapons to protect the user's hand, and to the rear of armets to protect the…
