Encyclopedia of historical weapons - 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 collisions.
From Encyclopedia
- Lucerne hammer
- A staff weapon with a hammer-head balanced by a fluke, popular with Swiss infantry in both the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
- Spaudler
- A light laminated defence protecting the point of the shoulder and top of the arm, especially popular in Germany.
- Tassets
- Overlapping plates covering the joint of the haunch part in a full- armor.
- Oncin
- One-sided pick which has a socketed metal head fitted into a wooden handle and was used with both hands
