Definition of Langets. Meaning of Langets. Synonyms of Langets

- section extending from the top. The wooden shaft is reinforced with four langets and the overall length of the weapon is 74.5 inches (189 cm). The term...
- attached to the squared-off wooden pole by long flat strips of metal, called langets, which were riveted in place on either two or four of its sides to reinforce...
- shaft. The weapon could additionally feature shaft reinforcements called langets and rondel protection for the hands at the base of the blade. Troops that...
- mounted on a round wooden shaft and sometimes secured with a pair of langets extending from the socket. The length of the shaft ranged from 1.6 to 1...
- is also written in the Latin script, with a literacy rate of about 74%. Langet may be a dialect, though its position within ****ish is uncertain (Shafer...
- a guard with straight, forward-sloping arms ending in quatrefoils, and langets running down the centre of the blade from the guard.[citation needed] Another...
- handles of military axes came to be reinforced with metal bands called langets, so that an enemy warrior could not cut the shaft. Some later specimens...
- blade. A butt spike was included as a counterweight to the heavy axe head. Langets were incorporated down each side of the shaft to prevent the head from...
- 2-inch-long (51 mm) langets (projections from the guard, which grip the throat of the scabbard) extending from the front of the guard. The langets were often removed...
- Hilt of an officer's fighting 1796 LC pattern sabre. The unusual square langets (most are rounded or shield-shaped) is a characteristic of the sabres made...