medieval armor
Jousting tournament attire
Medieval armor is protective gear worn by soldiers and knights during the Middle Ages, ranging from chainmail (interlocking metal rings) to full plate armor covering the entire body.
The term evokes images of mounted knights in shining steel: a museum display of medieval armor, the medieval armor clanked as he moved.
By extension, anything that seems antiquated or cumbersome might be compared to medieval armor.
- chainmailArmor of linked rings
- coat of mailArmor of linked rings
- hauberkChain mail tunic
- gorgetArmor shielding the throat
- brigandinePlate-lined cloth armor
full plate · greaves · cuirass · helmet · gauntlet · jousting · jousting tournament · knightly orders · surcoat · Dark Ages · Gothic style · iron · battle ready · pauldrons · tournaments · heavy cavalry · chivalry · vambraces
- chivalryknighthood, knights, chivalry, honor, courtly love
- armorchainmail, chain mail, breastplate, cuirass, hauberk
- Norwegian heritageViking artifacts, longships, Edvard Munch, folk costumes, Norse mythology
- ancient artifactsjade mask, Viking sword, bronze sculptures, antiquities, Roman coin
- museum sectionsmap rooms, ancient sculptures
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
medieval armorbulletproof vest
Projectile-resistant chest protection
medieval armornakedness
Unclothed condition
unarmored · plain clothes · street clothes · vulnerability · defenselessness