Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Pair of curates
See Cuirass.
From Encyclopedia
- Cod-piece
- Fabric covering for the groin, latterly padded. Its counterpart in armour could be either of mail or, more usually, of plate.
- Lucerne hammer
- A staff weapon with a hammer-head balanced by a fluke, popular with Swiss infantry in both the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
- Pair of curates
- See Cuirass.
- Standard
- A mail collar common in the fifteenth century.
