- jacket, worn as
armour separately, or
combined with mail or
plate armour.
Gambesons were
produced with a
sewing technique called quilting or pourpointing...
- to be stouter;
better designed for
tearing into
plate armor, mail, or
gambeson. Nonetheless, some becs-de-corbin also had a multi-pronged hammer. The...
-
civilian or
military situations. It is not to be
confused with
either a
gambeson, an aketon, or a jupon. This
garment is
known for its wasp
waisted and...
-
armour used by
European and
Byzantine soldiers of the same era such as the
gambeson. Yuan
lamellar armour Mongol war mask, 12-14th century. One of the only...
- escaupil, was a
Mesoamerican military soft body
armor similar to the
European gambeson that was
commonly used by the
Aztecs and the Tlaxcaltecs. It was also constructed...
- and he
managed to grip the ********in's hand—the
dagger only
slashing his
gambeson—and the ****ailant was soon killed.
Saladin was
unnerved at the attempt...
-
maces and
sometimes firearms. Body
armour consisted of
locally made
gambesons, German-made mail armour, silk coats,
greaves and helmets. The horses...
-
leidang would have been unarmored. Some of the
wealthier men may have worn
gambesons and spangenhelms,
while the
wealthiest might wear mail. As the Viking...
- layered. For example, a
heavily armored knight may on his
upper body wear a
gambeson,
followed by mail and
plate armour, with a
tabard or
surcoat over top,...
- po****rization of full
plate armour, however,
required specially-made
gambesons or
arming doublets that
could support heavy pieces of armour.
Arming points...
