From Encyclopedia
- Cross
- Also cross-guard or quillions. The straight bar or guard of a Medieval sword.
- Locking gauntlet
- Gauntlet with overlapping little plates fastened to a pin on the wrist.
- Slow match
- A slow-burning cord of hemp or flax soaked in saltpetre and then dried. Used to ignite cannon and hand guns.
- Volant-piece
- An English term for the reinforcing brow-piece on a helmet such as the sallet.
