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KNIGHT
pell
poleyn
quintain
rerebrace
routierd
sallet
solar
dpautder
squire
tinned
trebuehet
tournament a plaidance /
a I'out ranee
vambrace
ventail
a man-high stake driven into the ground, used for training in
weapon handling
armour protecting the knee
at its simplest, a target on a post, or in its more complex form a
swivelling arm with the target on one end and a weight on the
other, the quintain was used for training in mounted combat
armour protecting the upper arm
unemployed soldiers seeking to maintain themselves in the peace
between the campaigns of the Hundred Years War
a lightweight helmet of the late middle ages, protecting the head.
Often combined with a bevor, protecting the chin and neck
the main chamber of a lord's private rooms within his castle;
a withdrawing room where the lord, his family and honoured
guests might retire away from the communal and public area
of the great hall
plate cap that protected the shoulder
literally 'shield bearer'; a title originally given to the servant of
a knight, occasionally a knight in training. Over time it
developed a social context, becoming synonymous with gentry
young, unmarried knights (also known as bachelors or juvened)
a siege engine, using a counterweight or men hauling on ropes
to catapult rocks or other missiles
a distinction between a combat fought for entertainment ('for
pleasure ) and that fought with the intent to capture, wound or
kill an opponent ('to the utmost )
armour protecting the lower arm
a flap of mail attached to the coif to protect the lower half of the
face