Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| acton hacqueton haqueton | a stuffed jacket worn under the mail. |
| ailette | a plate of armour worn on the shoulder. |
| antiarmor | designed to combat armor. |
| armet | a kind of light helmet, replacing the BASSINET. |
| armguard | a protective piece of armour for the arm > ARMGUARDS. |
| armor armour | defensive clothing, esp. of metal, chain mail, etc.; (verb) to protect with armour. |
| armorless | (US) without armor. |
| armourless | without armour. |
| aventail aventaile ventail ventaile ventayle | the movable front to a helmet. |
| backplate | a piece of armour for the back. |
| barbut | a type of helmet. |
| bard barde | a piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; (verb) to armour a horse. |
| basinet basnet bassinet bascinet | a light, conical helmet. |
| bever bevor | a beaver, face-armour. |
| bracer | an archer's leather arm-guard. |
| brassard brassart | a piece of armour for the arm. |
| breastplate | a piece of armour for the breast. |
| brigandine | leather armour with metal scales. |
| buckler | a light shield. |
| burganet burgonet | a visored helmet that can be fitted or attached to the gorget or neck-piece. |
| byrnie | a coat of mail. |
| camail | a neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the BASSINET or other headpiece. |
| camailed | wearing a CAMAIL. |
| caparison | an ornamented covering for a horse, esp. a warhorse; (verb) to adorn a horse. |
| capeline capelline | a small iron skullcap worn by archers |
| casque | a helmet. |
| casqued | wearing a CASQUE. |
| cataphract | a suit of mail; a soldier in full armour. |
| chaffron chamfrain chamfron chanfron | a piece of leather, or plate of steel, to protect the head of a horse in battle. |
| chausses | pantaloons or tight coverings for the legs and feet, esp. of mail. N.B. there is no singular CHAUSSE*. |
| cheekpiece | the part of a helmet, bridle etc. covering the cheek. |
| cimier | the crest of a helmet; a removable heraldic device or favour of courtly love. |
| corium | a leather armour > CORIA or CORIUMS. |
| corselet corselette corslet | a cuirass, a protective body covering of leather. |
| corsleted | wearing a CORSLET, a cuirass, a protective body covering of leather. |
| cuirass | armour for breast and back; (verb) to equip with a cuirass. |
| cuish cuisse | a piece of armour for the thighs. |
| curat curiet | a CUIRASS. |
| dishelm | to deprive of the helmet. |
| dismayl | to deprive of mail. |
| empanoply | to clothe in full armor. |
| enshield | to defend, as with a shield. |
| fauld | a piece of armour attached to a breastplate. |
| flancard | a piece of armour for the thigh, or for the flank of a horse. |
| gambeson | a leather or quilted coat worn as armour. |
| gantelope gantlope | an armoured glove. |
| gantlet | an armoured glove; (verb) to protect with an armoured glove. |
| gauntlet | an armoured glove; (verb) to protect with an armoured glove. |
| genouillere | a jointed knee-piece in armour. |
| giambeux | leg-armour, greaves. |
| gorget | a piece of armour for the throat. |
| gorgeted | wearing a GORGET, a piece of armour for the throat. |
| greave greve | armour covering the lower leg. |
| habergeon haubergeon | a sleeveless mail coat. |
| hacqueton | see ACTON. |
| hauberk | a tunic-like coat of mail. |
| headpeace | a headpiece, helmet. |
| heaume | a massive helmet. |
| heelpiece | a piece of armor to protect the heels. |
| helm | a helmet; (verb) to fit with a helm. |
| helmet | a protective piece for the head; (verb) to fit with a helmet. |
| helmetlike | like a helmet. |
| helmless | destitute of a HELM. |
| hielaman | an Australian Aboriginal narrow shield of bark and wood. |
| jack | medieval leather coat worn as armour; (verb) to raise with a type of lever. |
| jamb | to jam; (noun) a piece of leg armour, a greave. Also JAMBE. |
| jambe | a piece of leg-armour, a greave. Also JAMB. |
| jambeau | armor for the legs below the knees, a greave > JAMBEAUX, JAMBEAUS. |
| jamber jambier jambart | armor for the legs below the knees, a greave. |
| jambeux | armor for the legs below the knees, a greave. |
| jazerant jesserant | a coat of mail made of small plates of metal sewed upon linen or the like. |
| lamboys | kilted flexible steel plates worn skirt-like from the waist. N.B. there is no singular LAMBOY*. |
| loric lorica | a leather corslet. The plural of LORICA is LORICAE or LORICAS. |
| lorication | the act of loricating; the protecting substance put on; a covering of scales or plates. |
| mandilion mandylion | a loose outer garment worn over armour. |
| mentonniere | a piece of armour for the chin and throat. |
| mesail mezail | a visor, esp. one made in two parts. |
| morion morrion | a crested metal helmet worn by soldiers in the 1500's and 1600's. |
| pallette | a piece of armour protecting the armpit. |
| pauldron puldron pouldron | a shoulder-plate of a suit of armour. |
| pavis pavise pavisse | a shield for the entire body. |
| pelta | a light BUCKLER >PELTAE or PELTAS. |
| peytral peytrel poitrel | a piece of armour for the breast of a horse. |
| pickelhaube | the spiked helmet worn by German or Prussian soldiers before World War I. |
| placcat placcate placket | a leather doublet with strips of steel. |
| plastral | relating to a PLASTRON, a fencer's padded breast-shield; a steel breastplate worn under hauberk. |
| plastron plastrum | a fencer's padded breast-shield; a steel breastplate worn under hauberk |
| poitrel | see PEYTRAL. |
| poleyn | a piece of armour for the knee. |
| pouldron | see PAULDRON. |
| puldron | see PAULDRON. |
| rerebrace | armour for the arm from shoulder to elbow. |
| rondache | a circular shield carried by foot soldiers. |
| sabaton | a foot-covering as part of suit of armour. |
| salade salet sallad | in medieval armour, a light helmet extending over the back of the neck. |
| sallet | in medieval armour, a light helmet extending over the back of the neck. Also SALET. |
| schapska | a flat-topped cavalry helmet. [Fr. from Polish czapka, cap]. |
| scutal | pertaining to shields. |
| soleret solleret | a metallic pointy toed shoe worn by knights; a SABATON. |
| stomacher | armour for the chest; a covering or ornament for the chest area. |
| tace tasse taslet tasset | (in plate armour) one of a series of overlapping pieces forming a kind of skirt. |
| tonlet | a set of overlapping strips on armour skirt. |
| tuille | armour plate hanging below the TASSES. |
| tuillette | a small TUILLE, a piece of armour plate hanging below the TASSES. |
| umbo | the boss of a shield > UMBOS or UMBONES. |
| umbonic | of or like an UMBO, the boss of a shield. |
| umbrel umbrere umbriere umbril | the visor of a helmet. |
| unarmored | (US) not armored. |
| unarmoured | not armoured. |
| unvisor unvizard | to remove or open the vizor of. |
| vambrace vantbrace vantbrass | a piece of armour designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist. |
| vambraced | wearing a VAMBRACE, a piece of armour designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist. |
| vamplate | a round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand. |
| vantbrace | see VAMBRACE. |
| ventail ventaile ventayle | see AVENTAIL. |
| visard | a mask or visor. See also VIZARD. |
| visor vizor | a movable part of a helmet covering the face, or the upper part of the face, with holes or slits for the eyes and mouth; (verb) to disguise or cover with a visor. |
| visorless vizorless | without a visor. |
| vizard | a mask or visor; (verb) to mask, conceal. [Note that only VIZARD, not VISARD, can be used as a verb]. |
| vizor | see VISOR. |