Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Cowter
See Couter.
From Encyclopedia
- Bill
- Also Brown Bill or Black Bill. Polearm with a wide cutting blade and sometimes also spikes and hooks.…
- Skeggox
- Anglo-Saxon single-handed axe, used in hand-to-hand combat and also as a missile.
- Spangenhelm
- A modern German term describing conical helmets constructed of a number of segments riveted together; descended from Late Roman prototypes.
- Stechhelm
- A 'frog-mouthed' form of great helm which was worn specifically for Gestesch, bolted to the breastplate.
