Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Cuirass
Also called pair of curates. Full-coverage, plate body- armor. Consists of breastplate, backplate, and sometimes tassets.
From Encyclopedia
- Finger-Ring
- See Annellet.
- Lower end
- The pointed part of a sword.
- Sabre
- A sword with a curved, single-edged blade (probably originally derived from Eastern scimitars).
- Tang
- The continuing, hidden part of a blade inside a handle. May be of a different temper than the blade. Sword may have full or…
