hauberk
Knight's metal shirt
A hauberk is a long coat of chain mail, typically reaching to the knees and often including sleeves.
It was the principal body armor of medieval European knights and soldiers from roughly the 10th through 14th centuries: The knight donned his hauberk before battle.
The term now appears mainly in historical fiction and fantasy.
Armor of linked rings
- rivetedFastened or enthralled
- buttedStruck with the head
- linksThings that connect
- ringsCircular bands worn
weave · coif · skirt · sleeves · knee-length · split · russet · galvanized
Plate-lined cloth armor
- cuirassTorso-protecting plate armor
- breastplateMetal torso protection
- surcoatSleeveless outer tunic
- tabardSleeveless heraldic overgarment
helm · coif · gauntlets · greaves · vambraces · gorget · padding · layered
chainmail
Armor of linked rings
rings · weave · coif · skirt · sleeves · knee-length · split · russet · galvanized · interlocking
brigandine
Plate-lined cloth armor
- cuirassTorso-protecting plate armor
- breastplateMetal torso protection
- surcoatSleeveless outer tunic
tabard · helm · coif · gauntlets · greaves · vambraces · gorget · padding · layered · plate
knight
Honored mounted soldier
cavalry · battlefield · siege · skirmish · warfare · sword · lance · mace · mounted · charge
feudal
Of tiered landownership
heraldry · tournament · joust · crusade · Teutonic · Saracen · Bayeux · Hastings · Normans · Saxons
- costumeswitch, costume, vampire, pirate, ghost costume
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- medieval warfareknights, siege warfare, castle, castle siege, siege
- armorbody armor, plate armor, chainmail, chain mail, breastplate
- medieval armsswords, shields, axes, spears, bows
- medieval equipmentchainmail, breastplate, gauntlets, greaves, cuirass
hauberkplate armor
Rigid metal body protection
breastplate · cuirass · padded armor · brigandine · scale armor
hauberknakedness
Unclothed condition
unarmored · exposed · defenseless · unprotected · vulnerable