Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Ball & chain
Type of flail; consists of a metal ball attached to a short wooden handle by a chain.
From Encyclopedia
- Partizan
- See Partisan.
- Waster
- Also bavin or cudgel. Wooden practice sword.
- Kalus
- Whip commonly made of buffalo hide or rattan and fitted to a handle of wood
- 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…
