From Encyclopedia
- Burgonet
- A light, open-faced
helmet popular in the sixteenth century as an alternative to the close-helmet for light cavalry. It was usually…
- Lance rest
- A support for the
lance when couched; this was bolted to the right side of the breastplate and was often hinged.
- Lucerne hammer
- A staff weapon with a hammer-head balanced by a fluke, popular with Swiss infantry in both the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
- Verdun
- Long thrusting sword with a diamond or square-sectioned blade used in the 16th century.
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