From Encyclopedia
- Gorget
- Also called a collar. Close-fitting plate protecting the neck, throat, and upper chest.
- 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…
- Sabre
- A sword with a curved, single-edged blade (probably originally derived from Eastern scimitars).
- Targe
- Small, more flat wooden shield covered with leather or metal-trimmed, later all- steel.
