Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Brigandine
Form of coat-of-plates with hundreds of small plates, partially covering each other. Mobile yet protective.
From Encyclopedia
- Bellows Visor
- A modern term for a visor with horizontal ridges,such as on 'Maximilian' German fluted armours of the early…
- Riser
- Opposite of a fuller. Makes a sword more rigid yet with a flixible spine.
- Arnis
- Italian for "harness", the historical term for being "in armour".
- Zagbnal
- Steel pick or beaked axe from India; often engraved and inlaid with gold.
