- 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...
- 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 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...
- Due to its strength, in the
Middle Ages
linen was used for shields,
gambesons, and bowstrings; in
classical antiquity it was used to make a type of...
-
seven yards. However, the test was
conducted without a
padded jack or
gambeson,
which was
layered cloth armour worn
under heavier armour for protection...
- po****rization of full
plate armour, however,
required specially-made
gambesons or
arming doublets that
could support heavy pieces of armour.
Arming points...
