Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Bard, or Barding
A term for horse armor, which could be made from a variety of materials, including mail and plate.
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- Angon
- Frankish and Anglo-Saxon throwing spear. Has a long (6 ft) thin iron neck with a barbed head. Almost indentical to the Roman…
- Couter
- Also spelt cowter. Plate armor protecting the elbow.
- Klappvisier
- A modern term for a globular visor worn in Germany in the fourteenth century to accompany the basinet; it only covered the…
- Kalus
- Whip commonly made of buffalo hide or rattan and fitted to a handle of wood
