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Culet (armour)
A culet (also spelled ''culette'') is a piece of plate armour consisting of small, horizontal lames Lame or LAME may refer to: Music * "Lame" (song) by Unwritten Law * ''Lame'' (album) by Iame People * Ibrahim Lame (born 1953), Nigerian educator and politician * Jennifer Lame (), American film editor * Quintín Lame (1880–1967), Colombian ... that protect the small of the back or the buttocks. Usually a skirt of chain mail or a mail brayette was worn underneath. This armour was also referred to as a ''garde de rein'' or ''garde rein'',Harold Leslie Peterson, ''Arms and Armor in Colonial America, 1526-1783'' (2000, Courier Corporation, , page 120 or ''hoguine''.Francis M. Kelly, Randolph Schwabe, ''A Short History of Costume & Armour: Two Volumes Bound as One'' (2013, Courier Corporation, : "that rmorguarding the loins as known asas the HOGUINE or CULET." References Western plate armour {{medieval-armour-stub ...
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Portion may refer to: * Dominant portion, in real estate appraising * Marriage portion, another term for dowry. * Serving size, the typical amount of a certain food eaten (or recommended for eating) at one seating See also * * * Cavernous portion (other), in physiology * Petrous portion (other), in physiology * Portion control (other) Related concepts * Fragment (other) * Part (other) * Piece (other) * Segment (other) Segment or segmentation may refer to: Biology * Segmentation (biology), the division of body plans into a series of repetitive segments ** Segmentation in the human nervous system * Internodal segment, the portion of a nerve fiber between two Node ... * Slice (other) {{dab ...
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Plate Armour
Plate armour is a historical type of personal body armour made from bronze, iron, or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer. Full plate steel armour developed in Europe during the Late Middle Ages, especially in the context of the Hundred Years' War, from the coat of plates worn over mail suits during the 14th century. In Europe, plate armour reached its peak in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The full suit of armour, also referred to as a panoply, is thus a feature of the very end of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance period. Its popular association with the " medieval knight” is due to the specialised jousting armour which developed in the 16th century. Full suits of Gothic plate armour were worn on the battlefields of the Burgundian and Italian Wars. The most heavily armoured troops of the period were heavy cavalry, such as the gendarmes and early cuirassiers, but the infantry troops of the Swiss mercenaries a ...
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Lame (armor)
A lame is a solid piece of sheet metal used as a component of a larger section of plate armor used in Europe during the medieval period. It is used in armors to provide articulations or the joining of the armor elements. The size is usually small with a narrow and rectangular shape. Multiple lames are riveted together or connected by leather straps or cloth lacing to form an articulated piece of armor that provides flexible protection. The armor worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan used ''lames'' in the construction of many of their individual armor parts. The Japanese term is ''ita'', which can both refer to the lame or its borderings. Examples The Dos Aguas armor produced in Valencia, Spain, is an example of a plate armor made of lames. The tassets are composed of three lames, with the inner edge of each turned out at right angles. The design provided the armor strength due to the continuous arch-shaped flange. The Schott-Sonnenberg style produced in Nuremberg also featu ...
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Chain Mail
Chain mail (properly called mail or maille but usually called chain mail or chainmail) is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh. It was in common military use between the 3rd century BC and the 16th century AD in Europe, and longer in Asia and North Africa. A coat of this armour is often called a hauberk, and sometimes a byrnie. History The earliest examples of surviving mail were found in the Carpathian Basin at a burial in Horný Jatov, Slovakia dated at 3rd century BC, and in a chieftain's burial located in Ciumești, Romania. Its invention is commonly credited to the Celts,
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