2. Long spear with leaf-shaped point.

5. Padded garment under armour.

7. Japanese cuirasse.

9. Plate disks defence for armpit and

elbow-bend.

11. Type of staff weapon.

12. Two of them help hold the body up!

14. Saxon and Norman coat of leather or padded stuff.

15. Protection against weapons.

16. Scandinavian-origin weapon similar to a hatchet.

18. Used to decorate some weapons, scabbards, etc.

20. Type of helmet, latter 12th century and on.

22. Light spear usually thrown from the hand.

23. Cloth belt tied around waist over armour or clothing - also ties for boots etc. (Japanese).

24. Shorter Samurai sword.

26. `Scales’ or lamellae; narrow rectangles

of iron or leather (Japanese).

27. Small revolving wheel at the end of a

spur.

28. Metal or metal-headed war-club.

1. Part of a helmet, covers all or upper part of face.

3. Plain or jewelled belt.

4. Hood of mail.

6. Pole-arm based on scythe blade.

8. Crossbow arrow.

10. Saxon short dagger with knife-like blade.

13. Lower leg armour.

16. A sound that can be made if a blow gets through.

17. Arab knife, usually with acute angled blade

18. See 18 across.

19. Italian centre of armour-making.

21. Popular helmet, usually with a high

crown.

24. ~ hammer, horseman’s weapon with hammer head and spike.

25. Light-armed foot soldier of ancient militia of Ireland & Scotland.

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3. Used to line garments for warmth, also foldbacks on sleeves.

5. Mask used as protection from the sun (French for wolf).

7. Head covering, or part of headdress.

10. Triangular flat piece of wood set into point of plastron or stomacher to hold it’s shape.

12. ~ or Cornalia, pointed veil, became typical Jewish matron’s headdress until 17th C.

14. Finely dressed kid mitten lined with fur and decorated with jewels.

16. Long tunic with the sleeves cut in one piece with the body.

17. Undergarment, sometimes fur-lined, worn by men and women.

18. Used to stuff parts of garments such as sleeves, pumpkinhose and peasecod belly.

23. Metal-tipped lacings used to fasten

various parts of costume or pieces of plate armour together.

25. Bolster-shaped hip roll used to shape skirt.

26. Wired, standing fan-shaped collar (2 words).

27. Blue colour.

28. Head covering.

1. Coarse cotton or linen weave sized with glue and used as stiffening in garments.

2. Close fitting cap tied under chin, men and women.

4. Egyptian god - it fitted in!

6. You don’t want garb dragging in this!

8. Inset of fine linen or lawn inside neckline, gathered into neckband or drawn closed by a cord.

9. ~ belly. front of padded doublet.

10. Encircling piece of leather etc. to confine or support clothes or weapons.

11. Fasten material/pieces with thread.

13. To ~, to fasten or tighten opposite edges on garments, or shoes.

15. Heavy cotton fabric.

19. Small cape with a hood worn by monks and nobility.

20. Dark neutral colour.

21. Stiffened close-fitting inner bodice, laced.

22. One of the first garments to depend

on fit as well as cut, through lacing.

24. Brownish-yellow, tan-coloured.