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Culette

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culetnounA small, flat face often cut at the base of a brilliant-cut gemstone.
halecretnoun(military, historical) A kind of light armour protecting the bust, used in the 16th century, usually thought to have been a corselet or light cuirass.
tasletnoun(historical) A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the thighs; a tasse.
cubitierenounThe part of a suit of armor that protects the elbow; an elbow plate; an elbow guard.
cuirassnounA piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.
ailettenoun(historical) A small square piece of armour, normally made of boiled leather, worn on the shoulders of knights.
tuillenounAn armor plate hanging down from the breastplate or fauld to cover the thigh, either below or as part of a tasse. (Possibly ahistorical, see etymology.)
corseletnounA tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.
curatnoun(obsolete) A cuirass or breastplate.
goussetnounA small piece of mail, providing some protection where two plates of armor are joined, usually at the elbows, under the shoulders, and behind the knees.
masculenoun(heraldry) Alternative form of mascle. [(historical) A lozenge-shaped piece of metal, used in making scale mail.]
couternoun(historical) A piece of armor which covers the elbow.
overplatenounA layer of metal that covers an undercoat.
palettenoun(painting) A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
scutenoun(zoology) A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.
oreillettenoun(historical) A flap or plate covering the ear in medieval armor helmets and civilian clothing.
buffenoun(historical) A piece of armor covering either the entire face, or the lower face together with a visor that covered the upper face, typically made of multiple lames that could be opened by being lowered (a falling buffe) or raised.
puldronnounAlternative form of pauldron. [(historical) A component of plate armor that protects the shoulder, generally covering more than a spaulder, also protecting the armpit and overlapping with other armor over the upper chest and back.]
scutumnoun(historical, Roman antiquity) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavily armed infantry of the Roman army.
bucklernounA kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows.

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