Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Town-Sword
See Small-Sword.
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- Couter
- Also spelt cowter. Plate armor protecting the elbow.
- Aclys
- Wooden Roman throwing stick with a spiked head; attached to user's arm with a strap which enabled it to be retrieved after it had been thrown.
- Haubergen
- Shorter version of the hauberk, a shirt made of mail, usually laced down the sides.
- Ox-tongue spear
- Also called the Langdebeve and Langue de Boeve (both mean tongue of the ox). The ox-tongue spear was a polearm weapon common among the Swiss and…
