Faulds (plate armour)
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Image:René d'Anjou Livre des tournois France Provence XVe siècle.jpg
Breastplate with faulds attached below
Faulds are a piece of plate armour worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips. They take the form of bands of metal surrounding both legs, potentially surrounding the entire hips in a form similar to a skirt.
[edit] External links
- Cleveland Museum of Art glossary of arms and armor
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Components of medieval armour | ||
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| Head | Armet · Barbute · Bascinet · Hounskull · Burgonet · Cervelliere · Close helm · Great helm · Mail coif · Nasal Helm · Sallet · Spangenhelm Visor · Falling buffe · Nossel | Image:René d'Anjou Livre des tournois France Provence XVe siècle.jpg |
| Neck | Aventail · Bevor · Gorget | |
| Torso | Cuirass · Culet · Fauld · Hauberk · Pixane · Codpiece | |
| Arms | Ailette · Besagew · Couter · Gauntlet · Pauldron · Rerebrace · Spaulder · Vambrace | |
| Legs | Chausses · Cuisses · Greave · Poleyn · Sabaton · Schynbald · Tasset | |
| Component pieces | Gousset · Lamé · Rondel | |
