Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Cod-piece
Fabric covering for the groin, latterly padded. Its counterpart in armour could be either of mail or, more usually, of plate.
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- Dagger
- Knife in a sword-like form. Daggers came in many forms and in single or double-edged variations. Usually equipped with a pommel…
- Hauberk
- Long (up to knees or longer) coat of mail with originally long sleeves and later sleeves ending in mail mittens.
- Occularium
- See Sights.
- Ancus
- Indian elephant goad; vary greatly in size from about 40 to 120 centimeters in length; shorter ones were used by riders, while the longer versions…
