Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Iverapena
Paddle club made of hardwood and slightly pointed.
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- Annellet
- The small loops leading from quillions to the blade. Made to protect the finger wrapped over the guard.
- Coat-armor
- Top-covering piece of clothing. Popular in tournaments where it presented the beholder’s coat of arms.
- Mitten gauntlet
- A gauntlet with articulated transverse lames covering the fingers, rather than the fingers each being separately protected by a series of…
- Slow match
- A slow-burning cord of hemp or flax soaked in saltpetre and then dried. Used to ignite cannon and hand guns.
