Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Ailette
A flat plate of leather or parchment (square, round or diamond-shaped) which tied to the point of the shoulder. Worn between 1250-1350 to display the owner's coat-of-arms.
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- Gambeson
- Quilted and embellished coat-armor.
- Tilt
- A barrier of wood covered in cloth to separate the jousters as they ran a course. Introduced m the fifteenth century to stop headlong…
- Waist lame
- A horizontal lamination in the breast or backplate at waist level.
- Yatagan
- A long knife or short saber that lacks a guard for the hand at the juncture of blade and hilt; usually has a double curve to the edge and a nearly…
